Frazier v. State

William Hally Frazier, the appellant, complains of a conviction for murder in the first degree in a jury trial before Judge Meyer M. Cardin in the Criminal Court of Baltimore. He lists a number of grounds for appeal which will be enumerated and discussed hereinafter.

There was evidence from which the jury could have found the following facts.

On July 11, 1965, Frazier walked into a Crown Service Station on West Franklin Street in Baltimore and killed the deceased in the presence of two eyewitnesses; both of whom testified substantially as follows: That Frazier walked into the service station,…