Ross v. State

McAULIFFE, Judge.

This appeal raises the question of whether use of the short form indictment specified by Maryland Code (1957, 1982 Repl.Vol.) Art. 27, § 616 to charge all forms of murder adequately protects a defendant’s constitutional right of fair notice and due process. We hold that it does.

The Appellant, Arthur Ross, Jr., was indicted jointly with Robert Clark on charges of “feloniously, wilfully and of their deliberately premeditated malice aforethought,” killing and murdering Millicent Yvonne Johnson, and of robbery of Ms. Johnson with a dangerous and deadly weapon and related charges.…