Braboy v. State

(Ret., specially assigned).

Appellant Rufus Oliver Braboy was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County (the Honorable J. Davis presiding) of assault and carrying a deadly weapon and presents the following questions for our review, rephrased as follows:

I. Did the circuit court err in refusing to give appellant’s requested jury instruction on the defense of habitation and instead giving a general self-defense instruction?

II. Did the circuit court err in denying appellant’s motion to suppress his statements to the police because he had supposedly invoked his rights to silence…