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YATES v. STATE

No. 8, September Term, 2012.

55 A.3d 25 (2012)

429 Md. 112

Warren Jerome YATES v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauren K. Collogan, Assigned Public Defender (Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC), on brief, for petitioner.

Daniel J. Jawor, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, BARBERA and McDONALD, JJ.

BARBERA, J.

A stray bullet, fired at a fleeing drug buyer who attempted to trick a dealer by paying with fake bills, killed an innocent bystander. Petitioner, Warren Jerome Yates, was convicted by a jury sitting in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County of second-degree felony murder, distribution of marijuana, and related offenses in connection with the death of that bystander and the failed drug transaction that preceded...

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