Legal Opinion
Akonom v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 6, 1978No. 92, September Term, 1978PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
Appellants, Michael Akonom and Joshua Gregg, were tried jointly 1 before a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore (Allen, J.) on two separate counts of murder and related handgun offenses. The jury found each of them guilty on two counts of first degree murder and also returned guilty verdicts on all outstanding handgun charges. 2 Two consecutive life sentences were imposed for the murder convictions.
The charges stemmed from the shooting deaths of Malcolm Crawley and Bland Gatewood on June 25,1976, at Crawley’s home. There is no question that the victims and appellants knew each other. There…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- Young v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Reed v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- State v. ValdezArizona Supreme Court · 1962
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3Cited by33 opinions
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