Johnson v. State

Nathan Joseph Johnson v. State of Maryland, No. 109, September Term, 2018. Opinion by Nazarian, J. CRIMINAL LAW – INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER – GROSS NEGLIGENCE The evidence was not sufficient to support a finding of gross negligence, and thus a conviction for involuntary manslaughter, where the defendant who sold drugs to the victim was a peer and fellow drug user and where there was no evidence that the defendant knew or should have known the drugs to be unusually dangerous. Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County Case No. 17-CR-17-290 REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 109…