Overview
- Baltimore Circuit Judge Sylvester B. Cox Jr. imposed life without parole after jurors found Lively guilty of first-degree murder and carrying a concealed dangerous weapon.
- Surveillance from the Embassy Apartments showed Lively leaving an elevator with a weighted plastic bag that appeared reddish, then returning without it, investigators said.
- DNA testing on clothing seized from Lively’s unit and forensic samples from the scene placed him inside Hall’s apartment, according to prosecutors.
- Detectives narrowed the killing to 6:32–6:41 a.m.; Hall had reportedly won about $1,000 the night before, and no large cash was recovered.
- The 68-year-old’s record includes second-degree murder convictions in 1986 in Anne Arundel County and 2000 in North Carolina, both followed by parole, which officials criticized in announcing the verdict.