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SAVOY v. STATE

No. 120, September Term, 2009.

22 A.3d 845 (2011)

420 Md. 232

Ricky SAVOY v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 23, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Austin K. Brown , Assigned Public Defender, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

James E. Williams , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, BARBERA and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.

BARBERA, J.

Petitioner Ricky Savoy was tried before a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and convicted of involuntary manslaughter, use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence, and carrying a handgun. Petitioner contends that the trial court's instruction to the jury on the standard of proof violated due process by reducing the State's burden of proof to below the constitutionally-required standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Petitioner...

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