Legal Opinion
State v. Tichnell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 9, 1986No. 52, September Term, 1985PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Chief Judge.
On August 23, 1979, Richard Danny Tichnell was found guilty by a jury of the wilful, deliberate and premeditated first degree murder of Deputy Sheriff David Livengood. The State sought imposition of the death penalty under Maryland’s capital punishment statute, Maryland Code (1957, 1982 Repl.Vol., 1985 Cum.Supp.), Article 27, §§ 412-414, inclusive. Tichnell elected to have the trial judge decide whether the death penalty should be imposed, and the court sentenced him to death. We affirmed the murder conviction on appeal but vacated the death sentence on the ground that it…
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