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Whitehead v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided February 18, 1970No. 265, September Term, 1969PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtOrth, J.

William Whitehead does not deny that he killed Robert Carter Barrett. But he urges that he is not culpable because he killed in self-defense. With this we do not agree. He argues in the alternative that, if he is culpable, the crime is not murder in the second degree as found at a court trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore. With this we agree. The judgment is reversed and the case remanded for a new trial.

A homicide, the killing of a human being by another human being, is felonious and the accountable perpetrator 1 is culpable, if it is murder or manslaughter. A homicide is not felonious,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Chisley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1953
  2. Gray v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1969
  3. Lindsay v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1969
  4. Sadler v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
  5. Tipton v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
  2. State v. FaulknerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
  3. Barnes v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1976
  4. Sims v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
  5. Cox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1988

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