Matusky v. State

MURPHY, Judge.

In the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, a jury (Hon. Thomas J. Bollinger, presiding) convicted Michael Stewart Matusky, appellant, of two first degree murders. Appellant concedes that the evidence was sufficient to establish that, on January 24, 1993, he killed Pamela Poffel and her mother, Gertrude, by stabbing each victim with a sharp, single edged object. He seeks a new trial, however, on the ground that the trial judge erroneously overruled his objection to the introduction of an out-of-court declaration that identified him as the killer and established his motive for the…