Legal Opinion
Madison v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 23, 2001No. [No. 23, October Term, 1954.]PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.
This is the second appeal taken by Sylvester W. Madison, who was convicted of the murder of Zelig Gerstein, a Baltimore grocer, and sentenced to death.
Gerstein was killed by a bullet fired from a revolver in his grocery store at 417 North Fremont Avenue on the morning of April 28, 1951. That night appellant was arrested and charged with the crime. On May 7, 1951, he was arraigned before the Criminal Court of Baltimore and pleaded not guilty. A month later he was tried before Judges Warnken, Moser and Byrnes and a jury.
The first witness for the State, Johnny Winder, testified that, while…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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3Cited by82 opinions
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