Court of Appeals of Maryland September 12, 2001, 12, Sept. Term, 2000 (Selby v. State)

HARRELL, Judge.

Charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend, eighteen-year-old David Paige Selby (Petitioner) was acquitted in 1987 at a

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bench trial in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County of first degree and second degree murder, but convicted of voluntary manslaughter and the use of a handgun in the commission of a felony.