SIMMS v. STATE

No. 1055, September Term, 1980.

49 Md. App. 515 (1981)

433 A.2d 1199

CHARLES EDWARD SIMMS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided September 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted by William A. Beale, Assigned Public Defender, for appellant.

Submitted by Richard B. Rosenblatt, Assistant Attorney General, Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, and Richard D. Warren, State's Attorney for Wicomico County, for appellee.

The cause was submitted on briefs to MOORE, MASON and WILNER, JJ.


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

In this case we are asked to determine whether the lower court abused its discretion in not granting appellant's request for removal of his case on the basis of prejudicial pretrial publicity.

The record discloses that on 6 May 1980 appellant shot and killed his estranged wife, Darlene Simms, when she returned to pick up some personal items from the trailer where appellant...

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