Beckwitt v. State

Daniel Beckwitt v. State of Maryland, No. 16, September Term, 2021 SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION – GROSS NEGLIGENCE INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER – LEGAL DUTY INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER – LESSER-INCLUDED OFFENSE – JURY INSTRUCTION – SECOND-DEGREE DEPRAVED HEART MURDER – Court of Appeals rejected petitioner’s argument that old English statutes deprived circuit court of subject matter jurisdiction necessary to try case. Because petitioner failed to raise issue in circuit court, matter was not preserved for appellate review. Even if issue were preserved, Court would conclude that statutes on which…