Opinion
No. 108
11-06-2017
DERRICK MONDOWNEY v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Circuit Court for Baltimore County
Case No. K15-5130
UNREPORTED
Woodward, C.J., Leahy, Moylan, Charles, E., Jr. (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ. PER CURIAM *This is an unreported opinion, and it may not be cited in any paper, brief, motion, or other document filed in this Court or any other Maryland Court as either precedent within the rule of stare decisis or as persuasive authority. Md. Rule 1-104.
Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Derrick Mondowney, appellant, was convicted of second-degree arson. His sole contention on appeal is that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction. Mondowney concedes that his claim regarding the sufficiency of the evidence is not preserved for appellate review, because defense counsel did not provide any specific reasons in support of the motion for judgment of acquittal. See Peters v. State, 224 Md. App. 306, 354 (2015) ("[R]eview of a claim of insufficiency is available only for the reasons given by [the defendant] in his motion for judgment of acquittal." (citation omitted)). Moreover, we decline Mondowney's request to exercise our discretion to address the issue pursuant to Maryland Rule 8-131(a). Consequently, we affirm his conviction.
JUDGMENT OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY AFFIRMED. COSTS TO BE PAID BY APPELLANT.