Johnson v. State

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The single issue presented by the certiorari petition in this case is whether Maryland law authorizes the imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for a conviction of conspiracy to commit first degree murder.

A jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County found the petitioner, Rondell Erodrick Johnson, guilty of first degree premeditated murder, robbery with a deadly weapon, first degree burglary, use of a handgun in the commission of a felony or crime of violence, conspiracy to commit murder, and conspiracy to commit robbery. His…