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Murder convict entitled to new trial, Maryland court affirms

A man convicted of murder 14 years ago is entitled to a new trial because his attorney never objected when the original trial judge incorrectly instructed jurors on the reasonable doubt standard, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals affirmed. The instructions given at Carlos Joseph McClellan Jr.'s 1992 trial in Baltimore compared "beyond a reasonable ...

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