Booth v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 15, 1989

Court of Appeals of Maryland · decided 1989-06-15

Relies on Doering v. State · Booth v. State

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Decided 1989-06-15

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Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently November 2019 · most notably 93 Md. App. 772 - Hrehorovich v. Harbor Hospital Center, Inc. (1992), Boyer v. State (1991)

2 federal appellate · 4 district · 26 state decisions

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¶1 ORDER

¶2 The Court having read and considered the briefs and joint record extracts filed by the parties in the above entitled case, and having heard oral argument; and

¶3 The sole question raised in the present appeal being whether the trial court’s refusal to admit evidence relating to parole eligibility requires that the death penalty be vacated and the case be remanded for a new sentencing proceeding; and

¶4 The Court in Booth v. State, 306 Md. 172, 507 A.2d 1098 (1986) having affirmed the judgment, including the sentence of death, it is this 15th day of June, 1989

¶5 ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the death sentence be, and it is hereby, vacated and the case is remanded for a new sentencing proceeding under Section 414 of Article 27. See Doering v. State, 313 Md. 384, 545 A.2d 1281 (1988). Costs to be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and mandate to issue forthwith,