Wilkins v. State

The appellant, Ralph Edward Wilkins, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County of murder in the first degree. The presiding judge (Bowie, J.) sentenced him to life imprisonment. He has appealed from the judgment of conviction and the sentence imposed.

Eyewitnesses placed the appellant at the scene of the murder. Appellant also admitted being at the scene of the crime, but claimed another person had “done the shooting.” He entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. The appellant did not take the stand in his own defense. The defense offered…