Couplin v. State

After a two-day jury trial, the appellant was convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of robbery with a deadly weapon and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. He received a fifteen-year sentence for the first of these offenses, and a five-year concurrent sentence for the second.

In this appeal, the appellant argues that five errors were committed by the trial court, namely:(1) The court erred in denying his motion to strike three prospective jurors from the panel;(2) The court erred in denying his motion for acquittal or, in the alternative, for a new trial, on the…