Court of Appeals of Maryland· 6/15/1987

Booth v. State

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507 A.2d 1098
306 Md. 172

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recognizing that a fact-finder “may consider the multiple injuries and their intensity suffered by the victim as providing adequate evidence of premeditation” (quotation marks omitted)
explaining that the defendant’s allocution constitutes, “at a minimum, a waiver of any privilege to avoid comment by the prosecutor on the allocution”
explaining that the defendant’s allocution 12 constitutes, “at a minimum, a waiver of any privilege to 13 avoid comment by the prosecutor on the allocution”
explaining difference between allocution and closing argument in the context of capital sentencing
explaining difference between allocution and closing argument in the context of capital sentencing
\[Alllocution is more like testimony than silence and for Fifth Amendment purposes is testimonial ...\

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Judges: Rodowsky, McAuliffe

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