Legal Opinion
Burnette v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 7, 1977No. [No. 106, September Term, 1976.]PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEtdridge, J.
This appeal concerns the propriety of an Allen instruction 1 given to a deadlocked jury in the criminal trial of William Paul Burnette, Jr.
William Burnette was charged in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County under a fifteen count indictment which included charges of kidnapping, assault and battery, and other crimes stemming from an incident which took place on June 7, 1974. At trial, Mr. Burnette did not dispute his agency in these offenses; his sole defense was that he was insane at the time.
Pursuant to Maryland Rule 828 g, the parties have submitted this case on an agreed statement…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- United States v. John Fioravanti, Nicholas Panaccione, and Angelo Pepe, Nicholas PanaccioneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Anthony C. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Irven Green and Robert Benjamin Smith v. United States of America, Arnold Jack Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Commonwealth v. SpencerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
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3Cited by38 opinions
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