Legal Opinion

Hyde v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided March 28, 1962No. [No. 202, September Term, 1961.]PublishedCited by 68 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPrescott, J.

Appellant was found guilty of murder in the first degree in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County by a trial judge, sitting without a jury, and, after being sentenced to life imprisonment, has appealed.

On December 20, 1960, at about 10:15 a.m., Dolores Allan was found dead, lying on the floor of her home on Baltimore Street in Baltimore County. The cause of death was stab wounds in her chest and back. The appellant, who. lived a short distance down the street from the deceased, had been observed rapping on the Allan door at about 8:45 a.m. by the deceased’s next-door neighbor. He did not…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Malinski v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. Reck v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Crooker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958

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3Cited by68 opinions

  1. Tichnell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
  2. Evans v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
  4. Gladden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
  5. Colvin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984

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