Legal Opinion
Kelly v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 31, 1973No. [No. 33, September Term, 1973.]PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDigges, J.
The petitioner, Christopher Columbus Kelly, following his manslaughter conviction by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, appealed to the Court of Special Appeals which affirmed in Kelly v. State, 16 Md. App. 533, 298 A. 2d 470 (1973). We granted certiorari in order to examine the propriety of the "Allen-type” 1 portion of Judge Solomon Liss’ instructions to the jury. In this review, we extrapolate from and expand upon the precepts established by this Court in Leupen v. Lackey, 248 Md. 19, 234 A. 2d 573 (1967). In that civil case, we approved the Allen-type charge as given there, and,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Burton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- United States v. John Fioravanti, Nicholas Panaccione, and Angelo Pepe, Nicholas PanaccioneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Anthony C. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Kawakita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by54 opinions
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