Powell v. State

On the evening of April 24, 1970, Baltimore City police officers Donald Sager and Stanley Sierakowski were shot as they were writing reports in their parked squad car. Officer Sierakowski was shot 6 times and survived; Officer Sager died shortly after the attack. James Edward Powell was tried before a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, Judge J. Harold Grady presiding, and convicted of the murder of Officer Sager and of assault with the intent to murder Officer Sierakowski. Consecutive sentences of life imprisonment and 15 years were imposed.

Appellant raises a single issue in his appeal…