Williams v. State

Nicholas Jabbar Williams v. State of Maryland, No. 37, September Term, 2021 ALLEGED LEGAL OR FACTUAL INCONSISTENCIES IN VERDICTS – NO- IMPEACHMENT RULE – MARYLAND RULE 5-606(b) – SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE – Court of Appeals held that guilty verdict as to second-degree murder was not legally inconsistent with not-guilty verdicts as to first-degree assault and use of firearm in commission of crime of violence (second-degree murder) because neither offense of which defendant was acquitted is lesser-included offense of second-degree murder. In determining whether verdicts were legally…