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BARTON v. STATE

No. 33, September Term, 1980.

46 Md. App. 616 (1980)

420 A.2d 1009

WILBERT BARTON, THE YOUNGER v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Kroop, with whom was Paul Michael Polansky on the brief, for appellant.

Bonnie Travieso, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Richard B. Rosenblatt, Assistant Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and William Monfried, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and WILNER and WEANT, JJ.

WILNER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In the early morning hours of June 9, 1979, appellant shot and killed George Glen Hargrave. He claimed that he acted in self-defense — that Hargrave was advancing on him with a knife following an argument that the two of them had had a few minutes earlier; but a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore rejected that defense and convicted appellant of second degree murder...

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