Mitchell v. State

WILNER, Judge.

Petitioner was convicted in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County of a number of offenses, including conspiracy to commit second degree murder. The question before us is whether that is a crime in Maryland. The Court of Special Appeals held that it was. Mitchell v. State, 132 Md.App. 312, 752 A.2d 653 (2000). In the context of this case, we disagree.

BACKGROUND

Petitioner’s convictions arose from a shooting that occurred on September 5,1997. During that morning, the victim, Eddy Arias, received three pages on his pager and, in response to each, left his apartment to use the…