Teves v. State

The appellant, William Edward Teves, was convicted by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of murder in the first degree, the use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence, and unlawfully wearing a handgun upon his person. He was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for the murder conviction and consecutive terms totalling eighteen years for the handgun convictions.

According to the evidence adduced at trial, on November 20," 1974, around 2:00 a.m., the appellant in the company of three other persons randomly fired a pistol into the air. Officer Greiner of the Baltimore…