Whitehead v. State

At the conclusion of a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, appellant Michael Anthony Whitehead was convicted of felony murder, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, theft, and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. He was sentenced to a total of life plus fifteen years imprisonment. On this appeal, he makes numerous assignments of error. In view of our disposition of the case, we need consider only four of them. They are that:

1. The trial court erred in refusing to give a limiting instruction after Whitehead had admitted, during direct examination, to…