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Ball v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided February 2, 1984No. 75, September Term, 1983PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MOYLAN, Judge.

The appellants, Sheldon Savior Ball, Joseph Melvin Wright, and Kenneth D. Coley were jointly tried by a Baltimore City jury, presided over by Judge Robert I.H. Hammerman, for murder, attempted armed robbery, and related offenses. The appellant Wright was convicted of 1) felony-murder, 2) the use of a handgun in the commission of a felony, and 3) the unlawful carrying of a handgun. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. The appellant Coley was found guilty of felony-murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, an indefinite fifteen years of which sentence were suspended. The…

2Cases cited75 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Klauenberg v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1999
  2. Wright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
  3. Miller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2004
  4. Eiland v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1992
  5. Fisher v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1999

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