REDCROSS v. STATE

No. 1440, Sept. Term, 1997.

708 A.2d 1154 (1998)

121 Md. App. 320

William REDCROSS, Jr. v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

May 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Kopolow, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Celia Anderson Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Atty. Gen., Baltimore, and Sandra A. O'Connor, State's Attorney for Baltimore County, Towson, on the brief), for appellee.

Argued before MOYLAN, THIEME and KENNEY, JJ.


THIEME, Judge.

A jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City convicted William Redcross, Jr., of first degree murder and first degree assault. On appeal, he raises three issues for our consideration, all of which pertain to jury instructions:

1. Did the trial court give an erroneous instruction on the duty to retreat when the appellant asserted that he had acted in self-defense?

2. Was the trial court's failure to instruct the jury on heat of passion...

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