Sheppard v. State

BLACKWELL, Judge.

When two or more persons participate in a criminal offense, each is ordinarily responsible for the acts of the other done in furtherance of the commission of the offense and the escape therefrom. Veney v. State, 251 Md. 159, 246 A.2d 608 (1968), cert. denied, 394 U.S. 948, 89 S.Ct. 1284, 22 L.Ed.2d 482 (1969); Fabian v. State, 235 Md. 306, 201 A.2d 511 (1964), cert. denied, 379 U.S. 869, 85 S.Ct. 135, 13 L.Ed.2d 72 (1964). We granted certiorari to determine whether the apprehension of one of the parties to an offense during the escape from the commission of the offense…