Legal Opinion
Gillis v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 9, 1993No. 30, September Term, 1993PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASANOW, Judge.
Petitioner, Ronald Gillis, was tried in the Superior Court of Kent County, Delaware for the murder of Byron Parker. He was acquitted of the Delaware offense in April of 1990. Subsequently, Gillis was charged in Maryland with the first degree murder of Byron Parker pursuant to Maryland Code (1957, 1992 Repl.Vol.), Article 27, § 407.1 The second murder charge followed the November 1990 discovery of Parker’s body in Kent County, Maryland. Gillis filed a motion *72to dismiss the Maryland charge, arguing that the second murder prosecution violated the Full Faith and Credit Clause of…
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- United States v. WheelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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