Shuck v. State

The appellant, Mark A. Shuck, was convicted in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County by a jury, presided over by Judge Matthew S. Evans, of both murder in the second degree and assault with intent to murder. Upon this appeal, he raises four contentions:

1) That the evidence was not legally sufficient to submit the charge of second-degree murder to the jury;

2) That the evidence was not legally sufficient to submit the charge of assault with intent to murder to the jury;

3) That an erroneous jury instruction was given on the use of a deadly weapon; and

4) That a jury instruction to the effect…