Legal Opinion
Blackwell v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 9, 1976No. [No. 45, September Term, 1976.]PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, C. J.
Whether Maryland’s death penalty statute violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the federal constitution is the principal issue presented in this case.
Anthony Lee Blackwell, Sr., was charged in the Criminal Court of Baltimore in separate indictments with having, on July 17, 1975, “feloniously, wilfully and of deliberately premeditated malice aforethought” murdered six persons, and with having, on the same date, committed arson by burning a designated dwelling house. The State sought the imposition of the death penalty, as authorized by chapter 252 of the Laws of Maryland of 1975,…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Tichnell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
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