Legal Opinion
Bellamy v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 14, 2008No. 47, Sept. Term, 2007PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarrell, J.
This case springs from Joseph Nathan Bellamy’s convictions in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County for first degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. On 25 July 2003, the body of Jermaine “Jay” Carter was found in a wooded area near Brown Station Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It bore two gunshot wounds, one in the back of the head and one in the right shoulder. Although the murder weapon was never located, ballistics analysis indicated that the victim’s wounds were caused by two .38 caliber bullets fired from the same gun. A medical…
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