Danna v. State

HARRELL, Judge.

On 21 September 1978, appellant, Joyce Danna, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County of first-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a felony. For these crimes she received concurrent sentences of life in prison and five years, respectively. On 13 May 1991, appellant was resentenced to life in prison.

In this appeal, appellant presses before us a claim of instructional error, as well as a claim that the resentencing judge abused his discretion. Appellant failed to object to the instructions as given and thereby preserve the error for…