Court of Appeals of Maryland· 12/9/1983

Bowers v. State

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468 A.2d 101
298 Md. 115
1983 Md. LEXIS 332

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holding that admission of autopsy report under business records exception did not violate defendant’s right of confrontation without testimony of medical examiner who prepared the report
holding that the search of a hotel room by the hotel’s accounting supervisor did not amount to State action even though the motel had a State business license and did not necessitate suppression of evidence
jury required to find as mitigating factor that defendant had not previously been convicted of a crime of violence
jury required to find as mitigating factor that defendant had not previously been convicted of a crime of violence
objection to court’s instruction should focus on instruction as a whole, not a portion lifted out of context
earlier kidnapping prosecution and conviction did not preclude subsequent murder prosecution where the murder prosecution was based on proof of willfulness, premeditation and deliberation

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