Strong v. State

The appellant was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. He seeks reversal primarily on the claim that Judge Joseph Carter’s failure to instruct the jury that an accused cannot be convicted solely on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice was reversible error, even though he did not request such an instruction or except to the charge. He contends that this Court can and should reverse under Maryland Rule 756 g which, although it imposes the requirements that an appellant may not of right assign an error in the instructions unless “(1) * * * the…