Dishman v. State

CHASANOW, Judge.

This appeal arises out of the 1997 first degree murder and robbery conviction of Petitioner Diallo Mugabe Dishman in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. The Court of Special Appeals affirmed the convictions in Dishman v. State, 118 Md.App. 360, 702 A.2d 949 (1997). We granted certiorari to determine whether the Court of Special Appeals properly concluded that Petitioner’s indictment under Maryland Code (1957, 1996 Repl.Vol.), Article 27, § 616, 1 did not charge manslaughter and whether the trial court correctly refused Petitioner’s request for jury instructions on…