Albrecht v. State

MOYLAN, Judge.

A tragic accident occurred on the early evening of May 23, 1991, on Larchmont Terrace in the Gaithersburg area of Montgomery County. Rebecca Garnett, who had just been driving a car carrying a criminal suspect sought by the police for a stabbing, was killed when a shotgun held by Officer Christopher J. Albrecht, the appellant, accidentally discharged. The issue is whether that constituted criminal conduct on the part of the officer. Officer Albrecht was indicted on one count of manslaughter and two counts of reckless endangerment. Following a nonjury trial in the Circuit Court…