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BURNETTE v. STATE

[No. 106, September Term, 1976.]

280 Md. 88 (1977)

371 A.2d 663

WILLIAM PAUL BURNETTE, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Gilbert Rosenthal, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.

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

This appeal concerns the propriety of an Allen instruction1 given to a deadlocked jury in the criminal trial of William Paul Burnette, Jr.

William Burnette was charged in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County under a fifteen count indictment which included charges of kidnapping, assault and battery, and other crimes stemming from an incident which took place on June...

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