Legal Opinion
Brooks v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 3, 1968No. 191, Initial Term, 1967PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
On January 17, 1966, the appellant, Riley Brooks, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree, without capital punishment, in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Judge Matthew S. Evans presiding. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Appellant raises two contentions on appeal:
1. That the jury by which the appellant was convicted was not drawn or impaneled in accordance with the requirements of due process and equal protection of the law.
2. That the lower court erred in refusing to grant the Defendant’s Motion for a Judgment of Acquittal of murder in the first degree.
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