State v. Saul

Melvin, J., concurs in part and dissents in part. Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part at page 108 infra.

In May 1968 the appellee (Saul) was convicted of murder, abduction and assault with intent to rape. The Court of Special Appeals, two judges dissenting, reversed the convictions and remanded the cases to the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County for a new trial. Saul v. State, 6 Md. App. 540 (1989). We granted the State’s application for the writ of certiorari on 2 December 1969.

Saul filed pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the…