Johnson v. State

The appellant, Leon Gregory Johnson, was convicted by a jury sitting in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County (Land, J., presiding) of armed robbery (art. 27, § 488) and the use of a handgun in a crime of violence (art. 27, § 36B (d)). He was sentenced to ten years for the armed robbery and five years for the handgun violation, the latter sentence to be served consecutively to the first. On appeal he questions the sufficiency of the evidence for the handgun violation and the propriety of four decisions by the trial judge: his refusal to grant a change of venue, his refusal to strike a…