Lee v. State

The appellants, David Anthony Lee and Stanley Lee Hall, were jointly tried by a Montgomery County jury, presided over by Judge John J. Mitchell. Both were convicted of 1) attempted second-degree murder, 2) robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon, 3) the use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence, and 4) the unlawful carrying of a handgun. Each appellant filed a separate appeal.

The appellant Lee raised two contentions:

1) That his pretrial motion to suppress physical evidence as the fruit of an unconstitutional search and seizure was erroneously denied; and

2) That the evidence…