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WIGGINS v. STATE

No. 280, September Term, 1968.

4 Md. App. 95 (1968)

241 A.2d 424

ALPHONSO WIGGINS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 2, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Lee Kaplan, with whom was Morris Lee Kaplan on the brief, for appellant.

Henry J. Frankel, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Charles E. Moylan, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Stephen Montanarelli and John H. Lewin, Assistant State's Attorneys for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

Rosina DiPaula, single, age 76 years, 5 feet tall, weight 128 pounds, died in Maryland General Hospital on 12 November 1966. The opinion of the Medical Examiner was that she died of broncho-pneumonia complicating extensive head injuries with brain damage and that the manner of death was homicide.

Alphonso Wiggins, age 15 years, was charged with her murder. He was found guilty of murder in the first degree at a...

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