Legal Opinion
Scott v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 19, 1983No. [No. 116, September Term, 1981 and No. 75, September Term, 1982.]PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavidson, J.
Murphy, C. J., and Smith and Rodowsky, JJ., dissent. Murphy, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 253 infra, in which Smith and Rodowsky, JJ., join.
On 1 October 1981, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore (now the Circuit Court for Baltimore City), a jury convicted the appellant, Martin Francis Scott (accused), insofar as here relevant, of premeditated murder. After the jury determined that the appropriate sentence was death, the trial court imposed the death penalty. This appeal followed.
On appeal, the accused does not contend that the trial court committed error during the guilt phase of…
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