Legal Opinion

Tichnell v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 10, 1980No. [Nos. 73 and 104, September Term, 1979.]PublishedCited by 281 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, C. J.

Cole and Davidson, JJ., concur in the result and filed concurring opinions at page 745 infra.

In the early morning hours of January 18, 1979, Richard Tichnell and a confederate, Oscar Recek, broke into Davidson’s Army-Navy Surplus Store near Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland, and stole ten handguns. Within *699minutes after leaving the store, Tichnell was accosted by Deputy Sheriff David Livengood, who had been dispatched to the scene in response to a silent alarm activated by the storehouse breaking. In the course of their encounter, Tichnell shot and killed the deputy. Thereafter, Recek and…

2Cases cited95 opinions

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  5. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by281 opinions

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