Pulley v. State

At issue is the constitutionality of Maryland Rule 736 as applied to the appellant in this case, Rodney King Pulley. In what amounted to his fourth jeopardy, the appellant was convicted by a Baltimore City jury, presided over by Judge Elsbeth L. Bothe, of felony murder and the use of a handgun in the commission of a felony. The significant contention, of the three here raised by the appellant, is that Judge Bothe erroneously refused to rule on the merits of the appellant’s motion to dismiss the indictment on grounds of double jeopardy..

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