Morrison v. State

Per Curiam. The appellant was convicted by the Criminal Court of Baltimore in a non-jury trial of assault with intent to murder his “lady friend” and sentenced to' serve fifteen years in the penitentiary. In this appeal he raises three contentions, all without merit. The appellant first urges that the verdict was “against the weight of the evidence” in that the lower court did not consider what he testified was his lack of intention to do bodily harm to the victim.

In a statement given to the police the appellant said that he had hit and tripped the victim in an alley and, finding no. policemen in sight, “what popped in my mind then was a good time to get rid of her and I kicked her about twice and hit her in the face with my fist about 5 times and * * * my hands were covered with blood.” He further stated, “When I left there I was sure she was dead, I meant to get rid of her.” After the assault, the appellant said, he went to the home of the victim’s aunt and told her he had killed her niece. The brutality and severity of the beating were indicated by the fact that the victim was hospitalized for two and one-half months, had to be assisted to the witness stand at the trial, and could not remember any of the details of the attack. It is