Hardaway v. State

ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.

Anthony E. Hardaway, appellant, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City of attempted murder in the first degree. His motion for a new trial was denied and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. On this appeal of that judgment, he presents four issues:

1. Did the trial court err in instructing the jury, over appellant’s objection, that appellant had a constitutional right not to testify and that no adverse inference was to be drawn from his election to remain silent?

2. Did the trial court err in admitting the testimony of Wanda Smith in the State’s…