State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Malcolm Carl Young, 47, of Forestville, Maryland, was sentenced to 60 years in prison with 30 years of active incarceration for a homicide that occurred on August 9, 2022, in Lexington Park, Maryland.
During today’s sentencing hearing, the State asked the Court to sentence Young to the maximum penalty of 60 years in prison: 40 years for second-degree murder, and 20 years for the firearm count, with both counts to run consecutive to each other.
The Defendant was convicted after a four-day jury trial and the Court sentenced him as follows:
- Second-degree murder: 40 years in prison with 30 years of active incarceration; and
- Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony: 20 years of active incarceration to run concurrently with the second-degree murder sentence.
Senior Assistant State’s Attorneys Ashley Sowls and Jeffrey Maylor prosecuted the case on behalf of the citizens of St. Mary’s County.
Detective Warren Forinash of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office was the lead investigator.
The Honorable Joseph M. Stanalonis presided over the case.
