NELSON v. STATE

No. 344B, September Term, 1967.

5 Md. App. 109 (1968)

245 A.2d 606

WILLIAM VILLANI NELSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided September 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Osborne Duvall and James L. Wray for appellant.

Alfred J. O'Ferrall, III, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Julian B. Stevens, Jr., State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, and T. Joseph Touhey, Assistant State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ANDERSON, MORTON, ORTH, and THOMPSON, JJ.


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

William Villani Nelson, together with Carson W. Sullivan, Glen A. Sullivan and William Kidwell, was indicted for the murder of Raymond Howard on July 10, 1966. Nelson was tried separately and was convicted of murder in the second degree by a jury. He was sentenced to a term of 15 years. On appeal he raises 11 contentions which will be set out and discussed hereinafter.

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