Legal Opinion
Watters v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 4, 1990No. 1685PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ROSALYN B. BELL, Judge.
Ronald Gene Watters was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, of first degree murder, assault with intent to murder, and assault and battery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder conviction. The other convictions were merged. On appeal Watters contends that the trial court erred:
—in denying his motion for mistrial, and
—in refusing his motion to suppress certain statements. We conclude no error occurred.
FACTS
On the evening of June 7, 1988, Lisa Taylor stopped at her parents’ house after work to…
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