Wagner v. State

After an eight-day trial, a jury sitting in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City convicted John Wagner, appellant, of first degree felony murder, armed robbery, and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. The court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment for the felony murder conviction and a consecutive sentence of twenty years for the conspiracy conviction.1

On appeal, appellant presents seven questions for our review, which we have rephrased slightly as follows:

1. Did the trial court err by refusing to ask appellant’s requested voir dire question?

2. Must appellant’s convictions be reversed as a…