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WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 46, September Term, 1976.

34 Md. App. 206 (1976)

366 A.2d 399

BUCK WILLIAMS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 9, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria Salner, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Bruce C. Spizler, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Charles Chiapparelli, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MOYLAN, MENCHINE and LOWE, JJ.

LOWE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. MOYLAN, J., concurs and filed a concurring opinion at page 207 infra.

The appellant, Buck Williams, was convicted by a Baltimore City jury, presided over by Judge Sol Friedman, of first-degree murder and of carrying a deadly weapon with intent to injure. Upon this appeal, he raises the single contention that the jury instructions erroneously allocated to him the burden of proof on the issue of self-defense in

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