Legal Opinion
Boyd v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 29, 1990No. 62, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McAULIFFE, Judge.
The question presented is whether the trial judge erred in refusing to recuse himself. The facts involve successive court trials of codefendants by the same judge. We find no error in the denial of the motion for recusal.
On 2 July 1987, Michael Boyd was shot to death in the parking lot of his apartment complex in Anne Arundel County. Four persons were accused of complicity in the murder, and of having unsuccessfully attempted to dynamite the victim’s car several days earlier. The petitioner, Jody Kathleen Boyd, was accused of employing others to kill her husband, and of…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- United States v. HaldemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by48 opinions
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