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Ross v. State

Citations

  • 519 A.2d 735
  • 308 Md. 337
  • 1987 Md. LEXIS 169

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that \the short form indictment specified by [Crim. Law] § 616 to charge all forms of murder adequately protects a defendant's constitutional right of fair notice and due process\ (emphasis added)
  • holding that “the short form indictment specified by [Crim. Law] § 616 to charge all forms of murder adequately protects a defendant’s constitutional right of fair notice and due process” (emphasis added)
  • the charging document did not have to inform the accused of the specific theory on which the State would rely
  • “[A] conviction of first degree murder may be proved ... by showing a homicide committed in the perpetration, or attempted perpetration, of one of the enumerated felonies (felony murder).” (Emphasis added)
  • “[A] conviction of first degree murder may be proved either by showing deliberation, wilfulness and premeditation (premeditated murder), or by showing a homicide committed in the perpetration, or attempted perpetration, of one of the enumerated felonies (felony murder
  • “[A] conviction of first degree murder may be proved either by showing deliberation, wilfulness and premeditation (premeditated murder), or by showing a homicide committed in the perpetration, or attempted perpetration, of one of the enumerated felonies (felony murder

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Judges: Smith, Eldridge, Cole, Rodowsky, Couch, McAuliffe, Orth

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