Rowe v. State

ALPERT, Judge.

A contract murder brought us this appeal. Joe Bill Rowe, appellant, ardently contends that he was not the hired gun. Prosecutors in Anne Arundel County convinced a jury otherwise, for on March 30, 1984, Rowe was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and was subsequently sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment.

This appeal followed, and appellant assigns a pentad of errors. He claims that the trial court erred in:

1. Restricting the cross-examination of a prosecution witness;

2. Refusing to apprise the State’s principal witness of his privilege against…