White v. State

This is an appeal from two judgments of convictions of murder in the first degree, following a jury trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, with Judge David A. Ross as the trial judge. The appellant was sentenced to two concurrent terms of life imprisonment. On this appeal, the appellant contends: (1) that he did not knowingly and voluntarily withdraw a plea of insanity previously entered; and (2) that he was not afforded effective representation by trial counsel. These contentions are without merit.

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THE PLEA OF INSANITY WAS VOLUNTARILY WITHDRAWN

At the outset of the trial, the clerk of the…