Christian v. State

In Christian v. State and Stevenson v. State, these consolidated cases, we must determine whether certain mitigation defenses, applied thus far only to homicide offenses and assault with intent to murder, may now be applied to first degree assault. See Maryland Code (1957, 1996 Repl.Vol.), Art. 27 § 12A.1 Daniel Christian contends that his first degree assault conviction should be mitigated to a second degree assault conviction based on the doctrine of imperfect self-defense. Kalilah Romika Stevenson similarly argues that her conviction for first degree assault should be mitigated to *310second…