MacKintrush v. State

John F. Stroud, Jr., Judge.

Ogretta MacKintrush, wife of Walter MacKintrush, died at home at approximately 3:00 a.m. on October 17, 1994. Mr. MacKintrush, who. had called 911 to report that his wife was not breathing, was subsequently charged with first-degree murder. A trial was held in October 1995, but the jury deadlocked 11-1 and a mistrial was declared. A second trial was continued when a witness did not appear and was reset for July 30, 1996. At the trial which began on that date, Mr. MacKintrush was found guilty of murder in the second degree and he was sentenced to twenty years in the…