Roebuck v. State

HOLLANDER, Judge.

This case has its roots in the brutal murder of fourteen-year-old Jacoby (“Coaster”) Fagan. A jury sitting in the Circuit Court for Harford County convicted Akil Jabari Roebuck, appellant, of the first degree murder of Fagan, as well as the use of a handgun in the commission of a felony or crime of violence. Upon conviction, the court sentenced appellant to life imprisonment as to the murder charge, and imposed a consecutive five-year sentence for the handgun offense.

On appeal, we have been asked to decide whether the circuit court erred in barring appellant from introducing…