Cunningham v. State

MOYLAN, Judge.

The appellant, John Wesley Cunningham, Jr., was convicted by a Baltimore City jury, presided over by Judge Elsbeth Levy Bothe, of both second-degree murder and the use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence.

Upon this appeal, he raises seven contentions:

1. That the trial judge erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the doctrine of imperfect self-defense;

2. That the trial judge erroneously instructed the jury on the crime of manslaughter;

3. That the trial judge erroneously declined to instruct the jury that it could not convict on the uncorroborated testimony of…