Legal Opinion

DENO CONSTANTINE KANARAS v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided May 6, 1983No. 1210, September Term, 1982PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAlpert, J.

In this case we hold that no error was committed by the Circuit Court for Kent County (Rasin, J.) in the trial of Deno Constantine Kanaras, the appellant, and we shall affirm the judgment of that court. Appellant was indicted by the grand jury for Harford County on July 28, 1981 for murder, daytime housebreaking and theft offenses. At trial, Kanaras did not deny his presence at the scene of the crimes while they were being committed, but rather his defense was that any involvement on his part was coerced by one John Huffington, who had already been tried and convicted of first degree…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Jencks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Palermo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  4. Dorsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
  5. Cross v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Simmons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1988
  2. CSX Transportation, Inc. v. MillerCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2004
  3. Maryland v. KanarasCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1999
  4. Huffington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
  5. Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1999

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