POLK v. STATE

No. 1813, September Term, 1989.

85 Md. App. 648 (1991)

584 A.2d 1274

HENRY POLK v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

January 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary S. Offutt, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Former Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Diane E. Keller, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baltimore, and Davis R. Ruark, State's Atty. for Wicomico County, Salisbury, on the brief), for appellee.

Submitted before GARRITY, ROSALYN B. BELL and JAMES S. GETTY (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


JAMES S. GETTY, Judge, Specially Assigned.

Henry Polk, the appellant herein, admittedly stabbed Victor Thomas with a knife causing Thomas's death shortly thereafter. At trial, Polk waived his right to a jury trial, his right to testify in his own behalf, his right to cross-examine the witnesses against him, and his right to call additional witnesses or present any defense other than his proffered statement. He now requests that we reverse his conviction for second...

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