Garbutt v. State

WENNER, Judge.

Appellant, John Garbutt, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City of first degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Upon appeal, appellant contends that:

The trial court erred when it permitted a courtroom security bailiff to communicate to the jury and demonstrate a weapon in order to address a question it had sent to the Judge after it began deliberations.

Since we find no merit to appellant’s contention, we shall affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

On March 10, 1991, Tambra Dove was killed by multiple…