REIDY v. STATE

No. 87, September Term, 1969.

8 Md. App. 169 (1969)

259 A.2d 66

GEORGE REIDY v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harleigh P. Yewell for appellant.

Donald Needle, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, and James E. Kenkel, Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellee.

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


MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County of second degree murder and sentenced by the court to eleven years under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction. He contends on this appeal that the prosecutor so exceeded the bounds of permissible comment in his closing argument to the jury as to deny him his constitutional right to a fair trial.

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