Legal Opinion
Foster v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 12, 1985No. 43, 91, September Term, 1984PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
In February 1982, the defendant-appellant, Doris Ann Foster, was found guilty of felony murder by a jury in the Circuit Court for Cecil County. The defendant elected to be sentenced by the court, and, following a hearing, a sentence of death was imposed. On appeal, this Court held that certain evidence was erroneously excluded at trial, and we reversed the judgment and remanded for a new trial. Foster v. State, 297 Md. 191, 464 A.2d 986 (1983), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1073, 104 S.Ct. 985, 79 L.Ed.2d 221 (1984).
Upon re-trial, a jury again found the defendant guilty of felony…
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