Shannon v. State

Nazarian, Arthur, Raymond G. Thieme, Jr. (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.

Thieme, J.

*237 As the Cannon family was moving into a new home in Baltimore, they were fired upon, then threatened by an armed neighbor who vowed to burn the residence. A jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City acquitted Teddy Shannon, appellant, of charges in the shooting but convicted him of threatening arson and illegally possessing a firearm after a disqualifying conviction.

*789 Appellant was sentenced to a total of seventeen years and ordered to pay restitution of $ 2,400, as reimbursement for the Cannons'…