Legal Opinion
Thomas v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 15, 1946No. [No. 123, October Term, 1945.]PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.
On November 15, 1945, William Albert Thomas was found guilty of murder in the second degree by the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County, sitting as a jury, and was sentenced to the Maryland Penitentiary for the period of 18 years. He is appealing from the judgment of conviction.
On July 16, 1945, shortly after 6 P. M., James Fur-bush, an elderly man who lived alone at Price, was found in the living room of his home with his face covered with blood and a fracture of his skull, indicating that he had been brutally assaulted by a club. On July 20 he died in a hospital as a result of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Donnelly v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Hines v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
- People v. RaberCalifornia Supreme Court · 1914
- Gantling v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
- Matter of City of SyracuseNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Brady v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
- Laumer v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. SpriggsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
- Boone v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Judy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
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