Sye v. State

The appellants, Michael Leroy Sye and Anthony Russell Bates, were tried before a Baltimore City jury, presided over by Judge John R. Hargrove, for the murder of one Earl Lightsey. The appellant Bates was convicted of murder in the first degree; the appellant Sye was convicted of murder in the second degree. Upon this appeal, the appellant Sye alone raises the contention:

1) That the evidence was not legally sufficient to support his conviction for second-degree murder;

The appellant Bates alone raises the contention:

2) That Judge Hargrove erred in refusing to permit him to call one James Chase…