Jones v. State

ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.

Kevin L. Jones, appellant, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City of felony murder, robbery with a deadly weapon and use of a handgun in the commission of a felony or crime of violence. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, all but 30 years suspended, for the murder conviction and to two concurrent 20 year terms for the robbery and handgun convictions.

On appeal, 1 he contends that:

1. The court erred in its instructions as to reasonable doubt by charging the jury to use its “common sense” in its evaluation of the evidence;

2. The court erred by…