Hallowell v. State

Panel: Wright, Shaw Geter, James R. Eyler, Senior Judge, Specially Assigned, JJ.

Eyler, James R., J.

*492 Sean Prince Hallowell, appellant, was charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence. The State proceeded under both a specific- *493 intent theory as well as a felony-murder theory, and the jury was instructed, in accordance with Maryland law at the time of his trial, Roary v. State , 385 Md. 217 , 867 A.2d 1095 (2005), and without objection, that first-degree assault (an uncharged offense in this case) was a valid predicate felony for second-degree…