Mumford v. State

Jannavieve Mumford, appellant, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County for murder in the first degree and nine other counts of a fifteen count indictment. On April 13, 1973, the trial judge sentenced appellant to life imprisonment on the murder conviction and to concurrent sentences, the longest of which was 15 years, on the other convictions. Appellant questions only the conviction for first degree murder.

At the conclusion of trial, counsel for appellant took exception to the advisory instructions. He specifically objected that the judge failed to include the…