Faulkner v. State

ADKINS, Judge.

Appellant Antoine Clay Faulkner shot and killed Quincy Powers. Faulkner claims that he “had to” because Powers was about to shoot him. In a bench trial, the Circuit Court for Baltimore County convicted Faulkner of first degree murder and committing a felony with a handgun. Faulkner now challenges the legality of his arrest, the admissibility of his confession, and the court’s rejection of his imperfect self-defense claim.

Faulkner asks us to decide what type of warrant police may use when they plan to make a home arrest in non-exigent circumstances. Specifically, he asserts that,…