Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 16, 1947No. [No. 90, October Term, 1946.]PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.
Weldon Jones, Jr., appellant, aged 18, and his brother, Holbrook Jones, aged 14, Negroes, were indicted in Somerset County for the murder of I. Rayner Graham, a seafood packer. They were tried jointly in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, and were found guilty of murder in the first degree. Weldon was sentenced to death, and Holbrook was sentenced to life imprisonment. The judgments of conviction were reversed by the Court of Appeals. Jones v. State, 185 Md. 481, 45 A. 2d 350. The cases were subsequently removed to the Criminal Court of Baltimore, where defendants were tried before three…
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