Stancil v. State

ROSALYN B. BELL, Judge.

This case involves the much publicized June 11, 1987 kidnapping of three-week-old Jeremiah Thate from his crib at Prince George’s Medical Center. Linda Faye Stancil was arrested for the kidnapping on October 29, 1987 and indicted on four counts: 1) kidnapping and forcibly carrying away Jeremiah Robert Thate in violation of Md.Code Ann. Art. 27, § 337 (1957, 1987 RepLVol.); 2) kidnapping and forcibly carrying away Jeremiah Robert Thate, a child under the age of 16 in violation of Md.Code Ann. Art. 27, § 338 (1957, 1987 Repl.Vol.); 3) forcible abduction, taking, and…