JONES v. STATE

[No. 260, September Term, 1961.]

229 Md. 165 (1962)

182 A.2d 784

JONES v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing filed and denied July 23, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josiah F. Henry, Jr., and Tucker R. Dearing for appellant.

Robert S. Bourbon, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General, Saul A. Harris, State's Attorney and Charles E. Moylan, Jr., Assistant State's Attorney, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, HORNEY and MARBURY, JJ.


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

The defendant-appellant, Alexander (Punky) Jones, was found guilty, by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, of murder in the first degree, and, from the judgment and sentence entered on the verdict, has appealed to this Court.

Abraham Givner (the victim) was shot to death in his place of business on March 2, 1960, during a holdup perpetrated by the defendant and others. But the defendant, due to the lack...

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