Legal Opinion
Nelson v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 16, 1968No. 344B, September Term, 1967PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
William Villani Nelson, together with Carson W. Sullivan, Glen A. Sullivan and William Kidwell, was indicted for the murder of Raymond Howard on July 10, 1966. Nelson was tried separately and was convicted of murder in the second degree by a jury. He was sentenced to a term of IS years. On appeal he raises 11 contentions which will be set out and discussed hereinafter.
The story of this senseless crime begins when Joseph Stanley Franklin and James Johnson, two Negro youths, went to the Fifth Avenue Cafe tp purchase some gin. Franklin went inside while Johnson waited outside talking with Clyde…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Basoff v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Kardy v. SHOOK, J.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
- Smith v. Sac CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Streams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Wilhelm v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
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- Christensen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- Mills v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1971
- Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1989
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