# Mills v. State

> Court of Appeals of Maryland · June 25, 1987 · 310 Md. 33

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9704862

## Case

- **Full name:** Ralph William MILLS v. STATE of Maryland
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of Maryland
- **Decided:** June 25, 1987
- **Citations:** 310 Md. 33; 527 A.2d 3; 1987 Md. LEXIS 247
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Murphy
- **Judges:** Murphy, Smith, Eldridge, Cole, Rodowsky, Couch, McAuliffe
- **Cited by:** 44 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Vacated on other grounds by Mills v. Maryland, 486 U.S. 367 (1988).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9704862

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- concluding “there [was] no ambiguity in the language of [the instruction] concerning unanimity”

## Opinion text

*73 MURPHY, Chief Judge,
concurring in the judgment:
I am in full agreement with the Court’s affirmance of Mills’ conviction for first degree murder. I also agree with the Court’s judgment affirming the imposition of the death penalty, although I do not fully concur with the Court’s construction of the statute and implementing rules, as set forth in Part VI of the opinion.

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