Marshall v. State

The appellant, Larry Rudolph Marshall, was tried before a jury in the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Chief Judge Daniel T. Prettyman presiding. Charged with the robbery and murder of one Harry Waters, the jury, applying the felony murder rule, found the appellant guilty of first degree murder. The appellant’s contentions will be set out separately.

I Facts

Early on the morning of February 10, 1979, with the temperature at approximately 8 degrees F. the victim, Harry Waters, was found lying across the seat of his pickup truck which was parked on Willow Street in Pocomoke City, Maryland.…