Legal Opinion
Day v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 15, 1950No. [No. 33, October Term, 1950.]PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarbury, C. J.
This is an appeal by Gerald Sylvester Day and Russell Sinclair Lewis from sentences of death, imposed after a joint trial and conviction by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore for the murder of a trackless trolley operator. Day was represented by counsel employed by his family; Lewis was represented by counsel appointed by the court.
On October 5, 1949, at about 11:15 P. M., Officer Gardner of the Baltimore City Police Department, at that time off duty, saw a trackless trolley car at the curb with all lights off at the intersection of Carey Street and West-wood Avenue in the city of…
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