Lyles v. State

ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.

On August 20, 1984, Keith Joseph Lyles, appellant, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Washington County, of battery. The incident arose out of an altercation, at the Maryland Correctional Institute in Hagerstown, in which an inmate received superficial multiple stab wounds. Appellant was committed to the custody of the Division of Correction for ten years, consecutive to the sentence he was then serving. On appeal, he contends that:

1. the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction, and

2. the court erred in failing to afford him the opportunity to…