Bryant v. State

HARRELL, Judge.

Appellant, Cortney Bryant, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County of first-degree premeditated murder, robbery with a deadly weapon, and conspiracy to commit robbery with a deadly weapon. He elected a court sentencing proceeding. Death was the sentence. In so doing, the court found: (1) beyond a reasonable doubt that Bryant was a principal in the first degree to the murder; (2) beyond a reasonable doubt the aggravating circumstance that Bryant committed the murder while attempting to commit a robbery; and, (3) by a preponderance of the evidence the…