Howell v. State

GETTY, Judge.

Burl Anderson Howell, appellant, alleges sixteen reasons why his conviction by a jury in the Circuit Court for Cecil County, for the crime of being an accessory after the fact to second degree murder, should be reversed. Appellant seeks his release without retrial, understandably, since the present appeal marks the fourth time that this case has been before an appellate, tribunal. We shall briefly review the relevant facts, the prior reversals and the issues raised herein.

Oddly, the prior appellate decisions do not set forth the rather bizarre factual background giving rise to…