Legal Opinion
Patterson v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 11, 1974No. 496, September Term, 1973PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
On 7 August 1972 the grand jury in Harford County indicted Mary Theresa Patterson, charging that on 25 June 1972 she murdered Douglas Lynn Patterson. Trial was held before a jury in the Circuit Court for Harford County, beginning on 13 February 1973, and ending on 17 February with a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. After sentence was imposed, Mrs. Patterson appealed.
In this Court she raises four questions, as follows:
1. Did the Court abuse its discretion by granting the State’s Motion for Appropriate Relief and calling Edna Gentile as its own witness during the State’s…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- The People v. MoriarityIllinois Supreme Court · 1966
- Lane v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961
- Shanks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1945
- People v. CardinelliIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. WixonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1981
- Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- State v. RossSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1979
- Wilson v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- State v. MedeirosHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1995
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