State v. Page

OPINION

in which THOMAS T. WOODALL and JOHN EVERETT WILLIAMS, JJ., joined.

The juvenile defendant, fifteen-year-old James Noble Page, was tried as an adult for second degree murder and convicted as charged by a Montgomery County jury. The specific issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the “knowing” mens rea element of second degree murder. * The trial court instructed the jury that the “knowing” element of second degree murder could be established by defendant’s awareness “(1) that his conduct is of a particular nature; or (2) that a particular…