Legal Opinion
Robinson v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 18, 1968No. [No. 72, September Term, 1967.]PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcWilliams, J.
Because the trial judge sentenced appellant to death he is entitled to have reviewed by this Court, rather than the Court of Special Appeals, his conviction of the crimes of double mur der, larceny and assault with intent to rape. Code, Art. 5, § 12 (1967 Cum. Supp.). The recital of what happened makes a gory story, almost as incredible as it is revolting.
Late in the afternoon of Friday, 2 April 1965, the bodies of Florence Bond, 48, and James Edward Bond, her brother, 46, were discovered on the kitchen floor of their home near Bel Air, in Harford County. Florence, naked from the waist down,…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Schowgurow v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Tichnell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
- Newton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Gladden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
- Hook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1989
- Commonwealth v. KostkaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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