Thomas v. State

OPINION

Judge MANNHEIMER.

' In early August 2010, Andrew Victor Thomas was released from prison where he had been serving a sentence for assaulting his long-time girlfriend, Susanna Braden. On August 4th, Thomas came to the cabin where Braden was staying and demanded that she leave with him. When Braden refused, Thomas stabbed her repeatedly, and then he bludgeoned her several times in the head with a sledge hammer.

The stabbing portion of this assault was witnessed by another person who was present in the cabin, and this person summoned help. But by the time the state troopers arrived, Braden…