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FERRELL v. STATE

No. 147, September Term, 1984.

60 Md. App. 459 (1984)

483 A.2d 777

WILLIAM THOMAS FERRELL, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

November 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherrie R. Berger, Asst. Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender of Md., on brief, for appellant.

David Yuan Li, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen. of Md., Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Atty. for Prince George's County and Carl W. Buchheister, Asst. State's Atty. for Prince George's County, on brief, for appellee.

Submitted before GILBERT, C.J., MOYLAN, J., and JAMES C. MORTON, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Special Appeals (retired), Specially Assigned.

MOYLAN, Judge.

A murder defendant who testifies that he consciously directed deadly force at the murder victim, because he believed that that force was necessary to save his own life, has himself established a prima facie case of the decisional component of first-degree murder. The appellant, William Thomas Ferrell, Jr., was convicted by a Prince George's County jury, presided over by Judge Arthur M. Ahalt, of first-degree murder, assault with intent to murder...

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