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CUNNINGHAM v. STATE

No. 543 September Term, 1983.

58 Md. App. 249 (1984)

473 A.2d 40

JOHN WESLEY CUNNINGHAM, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Denied July 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Pierson, Assigned Public Defender, with whom were Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, and W. Michael Pierson, Assigned Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Richard B. Rosenblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Kurt L. Schmoke, State's Atty., for Baltimore City and Ruth Finch, Asst. State's Atty. for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

Argued Before MOYLAN, LOWE and GETTY, JJ.

MOYLAN, Judge.

The appellant, John Wesley Cunningham, Jr., was convicted by a Baltimore City jury, presided over by Judge Elsbeth Levy Bothe, of both second-degree murder and the use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence.

Upon this appeal, he raises seven contentions:

1. That the trial judge erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the doctrine of imperfect self-defense; 2. That the trial judge erroneously instructed the...

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