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DYKES v. STATE

No. 119, September Term, 1989.

319 Md. 206 (1990)

571 A.2d 1251

JON CARLTON DYKES v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 11, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Colvin, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, both on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Sarah E. Page, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., both on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and CHASANOW, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge of the Court of Appeals (retired, Specially Assigned).

CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge, Specially Assigned.

The issue on this appeal relates to the duty of a judge presiding at the trial of a criminal cause to instruct the jury. The instructions involved touch on the felony of murder, the mitigating doctrine of self-defense (both perfect and imperfect), the evidence adduced, the authority of the judge, and the function of the jury.

Statement of the Case

Jon Carlton Dykes was found guilty by a jury...

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