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GODWIN v. STATE

No. 200, September Term, 1977.

38 Md. App. 716 (1977)

382 A.2d 596

ROLAND NEVILLE GODWIN v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Opinion Modified February 28, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. DePaul and James E. Kenkel, with whom were William C. Brennan, Jr., and DePaul, Willoner & Kenkel, P.A. on the brief, for appellant.

Kathleen M. Sweeney, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, Robert Bonsib and Michael Whalen, Assistant State's Attorneys for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

This case grows out of a macabre series of cold-blooded executions reminiscent of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. As one of those executioners, the appellant, Roland Neville Godwin, was convicted in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County by a jury, presided over by Judge Jacob S. Levin, of three counts of first-degree murder, four counts of kidnapping and four counts involving the unlawful use of a handgun in...

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