Koushall v. State

Marlon Koushall v. State of Maryland, No. 13, September Term, 2021. Opinion by Hotten, J. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE – USE OF FORCE When reviewing the sufficiency of evidence in a bench trial, this Court asks, “whether after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” Grimm v. State, 447 Md. 482, 494–95, 135 A.3d 844, 851–52 (2016) (citation omitted). Petitioner was convicted of second-degree assault and misconduct in office by the circuit…