Wiggins v. State

Rosina DiPaula, single, age 76 years, 5 feet tall, weight 128 pounds, died in Maryland General Hospital on 12 November 1966. The opinion of the Medical Examiner was that she died of broncho-pneumonia complicating extensive head injuries with brain damage and that the manner of death was homicide.

Alphonso Wiggins, age 15 years, was charged with her murder. He was found guilty of murder in the first degree at a court trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore and sentenced to imprisonment for the balance of his natural life.

Rosina DiPaula lived with her elderly sister, Concertina, also single, at…