Legal Opinion

Curtis v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided September 5, 1986No. 924Published

1Opinion of the Court

KARWACKI, Judge.

The appellant, Bernard A. Curtis, was convicted on April 9, 1980, by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, of first degree felony murder, use of a handgun in that crime, and transporting a handgun. After being sentenced for those crimes, he appealed. In a December 1, 1981, unreported opinion, this Court reversed the judgments against the appellant, holding that the trial judge had improvidently permitted the appellant to withdraw his insanity plea prior to trial. We there held that since the evidence of the mental state of the appellant was sufficient to raise a doubt as…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Tichnell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
  3. Williams v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
  4. State v. EvansCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
  5. Evans v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975

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