Chandler v. State

The appellant, James Edward Chandler, was convicted of first degree murder by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, Judge Thomas J. Kenney presiding. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Upon this appeal the appellant presents the following issues:

1) Whether the court erred in denying a motion for judgment of acquittal made at the end of the State’s case; and whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction in light of the testimony as to self defense ?

2) Whether the court erred in admitting into evidence a certain statement of the victim ?

3) Whether the court erred in…