van had just been

involved in the shooting. Meanwhile, Officers Cartwright and Hollan arrived in an

unmarked police car while the van was still on the block and a chase ensued. The

van turned right onto First Street heading north, and though the officers turned on

their emergency equipment, the van did not stop. The chase continued for twenty to

twenty-five minutes, and ultimately involved over twenty police cars. During the

chase, the police lost sight of the van for a matter of seconds when it went behind the

attendant’s booth at a Chevron gas station at 6250 Belcrest Road in Maryland.

Police described the van as driving recklessly, at highway speeds through residential

streets, sometimes driving into oncoming traffic.



      When the van finally crashed into several parked cars in Hyattsville,

Maryland, policefound appellant Robin in the driver’s seat, Terry in the passenger
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seat, and co-defendant Deandre Banks (“Banks”) 5 in the backseat. As police

pulled Robin from the car, Robin tossed a black knit ski mask under the van. DNA

analysis revealed that there was genetic material from three or more individuals on

the ski mask, and Robin and Terry could not be excluded as the source of that

material—a random match probability for both men was one out of 25,000 in the

African-American community. The van was a stolen Dodge Caravan. After