Tull v. State

Appellant was tried in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, by a jury, on a charge of murder of his wife, June Marie Tull. From a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and a sentence of death by the administration oí a lethal gas, he has taken this appeal.

About 5:30 A. M., September 25, 1961, state troopers were called to a rural area near Eden, in Somerset County, Maryland. Upon arriving at the scene, they discovered the bodies of Paran Dashiell, father-in-law of the appellant, and of the appellant's wife. Mr. Dashiell, who was found lying on his face with his shoulder against…