Court of Appeals of Maryland· 6/13/1961

Connor v. State

Citations

171 A.2d 699
225 Md. 543
86 A.L.R. 2d 892
1961 Md. LEXIS 690

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Imminent death “creates an obligation as solemn as that of a positive oath to tell the truth[.]”
This Court held that a statement was a dying declaration where the declarant “entreated] that someone take care of [her] baby [and] called for a priest before making the” statement.
Section 388 “adopted the common-law standard of gross negligence as the minimum requirement to convict a defendant for an unintentional killing in the course of doing a lawful act in an unlawful manner____”
“It is not necessary to prove expressions implying apprehension of death, if it is clear that the [declar ant] does not expect to survive the injury. This expectation may be indicated by the circumstances of [the declarant’s] condition[.]” (Citation and internal quotation mark omitted)

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Judges: Bruñe, Henderson, Prescott, Horney, Marbury

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