Noble v. State

Cole and Davidson, JJ., dissent. Cole, J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 573 infra, in which Davidson, J., concurs.

On May 12, 1976, Liston G. Noble was convicted by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of felony murder, attempted armed robbery and using a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. He appealed to the Court of Special Appeals, raising issues concerning the sufficiency of the evidence, the trial court’s jury instructions and the prosecutor’s closing argument. The intermediate appellate court affirmed in an unreported opinion, and this Court denied Noble’s…