· 12/9/1960
Contee v. State
Citations
- 165 A.2d 889
- 223 Md. 575
- 1960 Md. LEXIS 534
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that the defendant “was denied an opportunity ... to frame additional proper voir dire questions ... and the court failed to ask, on its own motion, as it should have done, a proper question designed to ascertain the existence of cause for disqualification. ...”
- prosecutor’s remarks during cross examination which were designed to incite racial prejudice against defendant
- prosecutor's remarks during cross examination which were designed to incite racial prejudice against defendant
- in the trial of an African American man accused of raping a white woman, the prosecutor improperly stressed the race of the alleged victim vis á vis that of the defendant: “How many other white girls do you have intercourse with?”
- in the trial of an African American man accused of raping a white woman, the prosecutor improperly stressed the race of the alleged victim vis à vis that of the defendant: \How many other white girls do you have intercourse with?\
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Judges: Bruns, Henderson, Hammond, Prescott, Horney
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