State v. Williamson

Levine and Eldridge, JJ., concur in the result and Levine, J., filed a concurring opinion in which Eldridge, J., joins at page 111 infra.

Joyce Marcine Williamson, appellee here, was convicted by a Baltimore County jury of murder in the first degree, conspiracy to murder, and solicitation of murder. The Court of Special Appeals in Williamson v. State, 36 Md. App. 405, 374 A. 2d 909 (1977), reversed as to the murder conviction. We granted the State’s petition for the writ of certiorari in which two questions were posed:

“1. Whether a person who employs a ‘hired killer’ for the purpose of…