Legal Opinion
Hounshell v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 14, 1985No. 528, September Term, 1984PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GETTY, Judge.
Appellant Harold Lee Hounshell was tried before a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City (Watts, J.) and convicted of first degree premeditated murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole pursuant to Maryland’s Enhanced Penalty Statute, Md.Ann.Code art. 27 § 643B. By this appeal, appellant raises the following five issues:
I Did the State fail to prové every necessary element of first degree murder?
II Did the trial court err in giving the jury the State’s . requested instructions on the nature of strangulation?
III Did the trial court abuse…
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