Street v. State

The appellant, Elvert Street, Jr., was convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore by a jury of murder in the first degree, robbery with a deadly weapon and violation of the handgun law. He was sentenced by Judge Charles D. Harris to a term of life imprisonment for the murder conviction, a twenty year concurrent term for the robbery conviction and a ten year concurrent term for the handgun conviction.

In seeking a reversal of the judgments below the appellant contends:

I. That the trial court erred in instructing the jury not to consider the element of self-defense.

II. That the trial court…