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Md. high court weighs convicted killer’s claim of racial bias in appellate opinion
The appellate ruling had likened the defendant and his mother to monsters from the epic poem 'Beowulf.'
Md. high court opens term with race-related cases on docket
Maryland’s top court opened its 2022-2023 session this month, a term in which it will consider whether alleged racially charged comments so permeated a recently reported appeals court opinion that a convicted killer, who is Black, deserves a new hearing before an impartial appellate body. The Court of Appeals will also weigh if a Black […]
Md. high court will review killer’s claim of racial bias in Belton case
Maryland’s top court will consider if alleged racially charged comments so permeated an appeals court opinion that a convicted killer deserves a new hearing.
Convicted killer seeks high court review, claims racial bias in appellate opinion
Racially charged comments so permeated a recently reported Maryland appeals court opinion that a convicted killer deserves a new hearing before an impartial appellate body, the Black convict’s attorney argued.
