Legal Opinion
Tichnell v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 30, 1983No. [No. 3, September Term, 1982.]PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Murphy, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Eldridge and Cole, JJ., concur and Davidson, J., dissents. Eldridge, J., filed a concurring opinion at page 477 infra; Cole, J., filed a concurring opinion at page 482 infra; Davidson, J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 485 infra.
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.),…
2Cases cited72 opinions
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- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by104 opinions
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- State v. SuttlesTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
- State v. WebbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
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