Howell v. State

MOYLAN, Judge.

The appellant, Burl Anderson Howell, was convicted by a Cecil County jury, of being an accessory after the fact to murder. Upon this appeal, he raises the following nine contentions:

1. That the trial judge erroneously failed to suppress his oral admissions;

2. That the trial judge erroneously prevented him from impeaching a State’s witness with prior inconsistent statements;

3. That the trial judge erroneously permitted the State to impeach its own witness;

4. That the trial judge erred by failing to instruct the jury that if it believed the principal in the first degree had acted…