King v. State

Opinion by

HARRELL, J.

I

The circumstances giving rise to this criminal prosecution occurred on 29 July 2004, between 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning. The victim, Kevin Phillips, was shot 12 times, distributed over his stomach, arms, and buttocks. Emergency responders found him, alive, in the parking lot of an apartment complex, rendered aid at the scene, and transported him to the Prince George’s County Hospital Center. There, Phillips, who was semi-conscious at the time, told a detective that “Dubbies” shot him; however, he did not provide then any additional details about the shooting. He…