Wood v. State

Following a trial from June 13, 2011, through June 16, 2011, a jury in the Circuit Court for Cecil County convicted Hubert Allen Wood, appellant, of first-degree murder.1 See Md.Code Ann., Crim. Law Art. (“C.L.”) § 2-201 (first-degree murder). On August 24, 2011, the circuit court sentenced appellant to life imprisonment, with all but eighty years suspended.2 Appellant noted an appeal raising five issues, which we quote:

*254Did the [circuit] court fail to comply with Maryland Rule 4-215(e)? I.

Did the [circuit] court err in failing to determine, on evidence presented on the record, whether…