Adams v. State

MEREDITH, Judge.

In the early morning hours of April 13, 2006, Marshall Adams, appellant, stabbed and killed Leo Morris. Upon his arrest, Adams asserted that Morris had sought to purchase cocaine from him, but when the two met to complete the sale, Morris had threatened Adams with a knife and attempted to rob him of the cocaine. Adams maintained that he had merely defended himself, but also asserted that he had “blacked out” during the altercation and could not fully recall the details.

Adams was charged in the Circuit Court for Washington County with first-degree murder, second-degree murder,…