Legal Opinion
Thanos v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 5, 1993No. 45, September Term, 1992PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Chief Judge.
This direct appeal in a capital murder case raises a number of issues surrounding the trial, sentencing proceeding, and death sentence imposed upon appellant John Frederick Thanos.
I
On August 31, 1990, eighteen-year-old Gregory Allen Taylor, Jr. picked up Thanos, who was hitchhiking, in a rural area of Worcester County. Inside Taylor’s car, Thanos removed a sawed-off rifle from his duffle bag and ordered Taylor to drive to a remote wooded area. When Taylor protested and begged for his freedom, Thanos shot Taylor three times in the head. Taylor died as a result of these…
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3Cited by57 opinions
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