Whaley v. State

On July 9, 2007, appellant Lamont Whaley was tried by a jury in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County for his alleged involvement in the attempted armed robbery of Higimio Mendez-Roque. At the time of the alleged incident, Whaley was 16 years and four months old. Prior to trial, due to Whaley’s age, defense counsel sought to have Whaley’s case removed from circuit court to juvenile court and to have MendezRoque’s pretrial identification of Whaley and his co-defendant suppressed. Both motions were denied. At trial, Whaley was convicted of attempted armed robbery, attempted robbery, first…