Legal Opinion
Burkett v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 28, 1974No. 791, September Term, 1973PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMenchine, J.
In the course of an investigation of reports of a shooting, police discovered the body of Patricia A. Burkett in a wooded area near the 6000 block Amberwood Road, in the City of Baltimore. Autopsy showed that death resulted from three gunshot wounds of the head. Dennis Furman Burkett, (appellant) husband of the deceased, was convicted of murder in the first degree in connection with her death. The case was tried before a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore (Judge Marshall A. Levin presiding).
The sole issue presented here is the correctness of the refusal of the trial court to grant a new…
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