Legal Opinion
Fisher v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 8, 1999No. 1394, Sept. Term, 1998PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOYLAN, Judge.
At 2:41 P.M. on June 25, 1997, nine-year-old Rita Fisher was pronounced dead at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The subsequent post mortem report of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner revealed that she had died of dehydration and malnutrition, conditions resulting from inadequate water and food intake. The post mortem report indicated that she had been admitted to the Johns Hopkins Hospital on June 25, the day of her death, and had “expired as a result of abuse and negligence.”
Rita Fisher’s physical development was described as “retarded.” Her weight at the time of her death…
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