Lewis v. State

The defendant in this criminal case, Lon Alec Lewis, was convicted as an accessory before the fact to the first degree murder of his wife and the second degree murder of his child. He was also convicted on two counts of solicitation to murder and three counts of conspiracy to murder. Several significant legal issues were raised on his appeal to the Court of Special Appeals. We issued a writ of certiorari prior to any proceedings in the intermediate appellate court.

The prosecution’s evidence showed that the defendant Lewis arrived at an agreement with a friend, Gene Meyer, whereby Meyer would…