Legal Opinion
Butler & Duncan v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 2, 2017No. 1004/15Published
Sept. Term, 2015
1Opinion of the CourtMeredith, J.
These consolidated appeals arise out of the convictions of Derius Duncan (“Duncan”) and Clifford Butler (“Butler”), appellants, for various crimes stemming from the murder of Ronald Givens (“Givens”) on October 3, 2011. Appellants were jointly tried in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County beginning on April 28, 2015, and were each convicted of first degree murder of Givens, conspiracy to commit Givens’s murder, influencing a witness, and use of a firearm in commission of a crime of violence. Their timely appeals were consolidated.
QUESTIONS PRESENTED
Duncan presents the following three…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Richardson v. MarshSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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