State v. Stouffer

WILNER, Judge.

This case arises out of the killing of Jeffrey Fiddler on February 26-27, 1989. Respondent Edward Stouffer was convicted of felony murder and kidnapping, the kidnapping being the underlying felony for the felony murder. A co-defendant, William Burral, who was tried separately and whose appeal is currently pending in this Court, was convicted of second degree murder.

The Court of Special Appeals concluded that, although there was legally sufficient evidence to sustain Stouffer’s conviction for kidnapping, there was insufficient evidence to establish that the killing was committed…