Sweetney v. State

In the Circuit Court for Charles County, a jury convicted James William Sweetney, Petitioner, of robbery and related offenses, including use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. The State’s evidence was sufficient to establish that he committed those offenses on July 14, 2006, when he and an accomplice participated in a “home invasion” during which they robbed the victim of several items, including a necklace that was (in the words of Petitioner’s brief) “snatched from [the victim’s] neck.” After the Court of Special Appeals affirmed Petitioner’s convictions in an unreported…