Legal Opinion
Evans v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 23, 2004No. 78 Sept. Term 2003PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
The appellant, Vernon Evans, Jr., admittedly participated in the contract murders of David Scott Piechowicz and Susan Kennedy on April 28, 1983, in the Warren House Motel located in Baltimore County, Maryland. Evans was convicted of first degree murder of both victims, and he is presently under sentences of death. This Court has, on eight prior occasions, rejected Evans’s challenges to his prosecution, con victions, and sentences. 1
In the present case, the ninth time he has been before this Court, Evans argues that he is entitled to a new sentencing hearing on either of two…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
- Collins v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2006
- Douglas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2011
- Bellamy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2008
- Doe v. Department of Public Safety & Correctional ServicesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2013
- Hoile v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2008
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