Legal Opinion
State v. Thomas
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 9, 1992No. 146, September Term, 1990PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KARWACKI, Judge.
On November 18, 1982, a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County convicted Donald Thomas of the first degree murders of Donald Spurling and his wife, Sarah. At the same trial, Thomas was also found guilty of the first degree rape of Noel Wilkins, of committing two first degree sexual offenses upon Ms. Wilkins, and of robbing her at knife point. Having been previously given the required statutory notice that the death penalty would be sought for the first degree murders, Thomas elected to have the trial judge decide whether he should be executed for those crimes.
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2Cases cited34 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by45 opinions
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