Allen v. State

Opinion by

ROSALYN B. BELL, Judge.

After agreeing to accept a majority verdict of the jury, Timothy Jackson Allen was convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon and the use of a handgun in a crime of violence, both of which were charges stemming from the early morning robbery of the Frederick Sheraton Inn on May 10, 1985. 1 We describe this robbery to provide a factual setting for this appeal, but for brevity’s sake, we provide further and more facts only as needed for those issues reached.

Robert Preston, the Frederick Sheraton Inn night auditor, was alone in the lobby at 4:04 a.m. on May 10,…