Legal Opinion
Harris v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 5, 1988No. 30, September Term, 1987PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ADKINS, Judge.
This is appellant Jackie Kevin Harris’s fifth visit to this Court since his 1982 convictions, after pleas of guilty, of first degree murder, armed robbery, and use of a hand*232gun in the commission of a crime of violence, and his subsequent death sentence. That death sentence has twice been reimposed.1 From the latest reimposition Harris now appeals advancing 11 arguments for the invalidity of his current death sentence or the illegality of a new sentencing hearing, and one relating to his original plea of guilty.2
*233The principal issue on this appeal has to do with the use of victim…
2Cases cited69 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by71 opinions
- Zachair, Ltd. v. DriggsDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1997
- Hunt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
- State v. LeeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
- Conyers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1999
- Ware v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
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