Porter v. State

Moylan, J., filed a concurring opinion at page 105 infra.

John Robert Culb was shot and killed in the late evening hours of November 1,1978, during the course of a robbery of the Myersville Gulf station in Myersville, Maryland, where he was employed. Appellant, James Thomas Porter, was convicted of the first degree felony murder of Mr. Culb, robbery with a deadly weapon and two counts of the use of a handgun in the commission of a felony. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and fifty years, to be served consecutively.

On appeal, Mr. Porter’s major contention involves the application of…