Burks v. State

MOYLAN, Judge.

The appellant, Ricardo Burks, was convicted by a Baltimore City jury, presided over by Judge Ellen L. Hollander, of two counts of second-degree murder and one count of the use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. On this appeal, he raises the following eight contentions:

1. The evidence was not legally sufficient to sustain the convictions.

2. Judge Hollander erroneously refused to give an instruction on the law of manslaughter.

3. The judge erroneously permitted the State to introduce evidence of kidnapping charges having been filed against the appellant in…