Brown v. State

ON MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

SALMON, Judge.

In Brown v. State, 359 Md. 180, 753 A.2d 84 (2000), the convictions of appellant, Keith Alexander Brown, for first degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a felony, were vacated and the case was remanded for a new trial. The second trial lasted sixteen days. The State called thirty witnesses, and the defense called seven. After the re trial, appellant was convicted of second degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a felony.

With exceptions that will be discussed infra, the evidence introduced at the second trial was…