Carrington v. State

On May 17, 1966, appellant was convicted of manslaughter in the Criminal Court of Baltimore before Judge James A. Perrott, presiding without a jury. She was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not more than 6 years.

There are two questions presented on this appeal:

1) Did the trial court err in admitting in evidence the oral statements of the appellant?

2) Did the trial court err in finding that the homicide was neither accidental nor in self defense?

On January 19, 1966 Sergeant Gilbert Derrenberger of the Baltimore City Police Department responded to a call at 710 Druid Hill Avenue. He…