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OATES v. STATE

No. 1805, September Term, 1991.

97 Md. App. 180 (1993)

627 A.2d 555

ROBERT LOUIS OATES, III v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

July 13, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Murphy, Assigned Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Kathryn Grill Graeff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. Baltimore, and Alexander Williams, Jr., State's Atty. for Prince George's County, Upper Marlboro, on the brief), for appellee.

Argued before WILNER, C.J., and MOYLAN and BISHOP, JJ.

MOYLAN, Judge.

The single question raised by this appeal is simple: When two defendants are jointly convicted of perpetrating a criminal homicide, must their levels of guilt (blameworthiness) be the same? The answer is equally simple: No.

The appellant, Robert Louis Oates, III, was convicted by a Prince George's County jury presided over by Judge James Magruder Rea, of manslaughter. His codefendant, Roderick Giles, was convicted of second-degree murder. On...

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