MORTON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
Having been convicted by a jury sitting in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of manslaughter, the appellant, Betty Ann Jackson, was sentenced to a term of ten years in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction. In this appeal it is contended that the trial judge improperly instructed the jury with respect to the law of self-defense.
Ms. Jackson testified that in March, 1972, she and the victim, Charles Breedlove...
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