Legal Opinion

Borza v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided March 21, 1975No. 556, September Term, 1974PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMoylan, J.

Lowe, J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 412 infra.

The appellant, Peter J. Borza, III, was convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore by a jury, presided over by Judge Albert L. Sklar, of statutory arson. Upon this appeal, he raises six contentions.

1. That the trial judge should have ruled that Joseph Credge was an accomplice as a matter of law and that there was insufficient evidence to corroborate his testimony;

2. That there was insufficient testimony from which the *393jury could find that the accomplice’s testimony was corroborated;

3. That the trial judge erred in refusing…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Daeche v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
  2. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1947
  3. Ercoli v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  4. Wright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
  5. McDowell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Collins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
  2. Richmond v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
  3. Van Meter v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1976
  4. Cole v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1990
  5. Lemons v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1981

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