Arrington v. State

The appellant, Theodore Roosevelt Arrington, was convicted of murder in the first degree by the trial court, sitting without a jury and, after-being denied a new trial by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, was sentenced to death. This appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict.

The trial judge concluded at the close of the trial that every element required -in a first degree murder case had been “overwhelmingly established”. There is ample evidence in the record upon which the trier of facts could base that conclusion.

The following matters were testified to by…