BANKS v. STATE

No. 1878, September Term, 1982.

56 Md. App. 38 (1983)

466 A.2d 69

CARL L. BANKS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

October 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick D. Hanley, Assigned Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on brief, for appellant.

Diane G. Goldsmith, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Kurt L. Schmoke, State's Atty. for Baltimore City, and Robert Scherr, Asst. State's Atty. for Baltimore City, on brief, for appellee.

Argued before MOYLAN, ADKINS and BLOOM, JJ.


ADKINS, Judge.

A chance and brief encounter between two strangers at a Baltimore bus stop in the early morning hours of April 23, 1982, resulted in the death of Ernest Burley and a thirty year prison sentence for the appellant, Carl L. Banks.

During the fleeting moments in which these two confronted one another, Banks initiated a conversation about a pair of boots in the possession of Burley. Burley took offense. In forceful although inelegant language, he...

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