Wiggins v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr. (Ret.), Specially Assigned, Judge.
The specter of the dread disease AIDS 1 hovered over the trial of Bernard Wiggins in a criminal cause before a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. The trial judge refused to exorcise it. The jury convicted Wiggins of felony murder (life imprisonment); robbery with a deadly weapon (20 years consecutive); and felony theft (merged into the murder conviction). Wiggins claims that the menacing spirit denied him a fair trial. He seeks a new trial free of that prejudice.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Arizona v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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