Legal Opinion

Thomas v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided March 16, 2007No. 59, September Term, 2006PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRaker, J.

In this murder and robbery case, we revisit the question of whether petitioner’s refusal to provide a blood sample demanded by police pursuant to a search warrant was admissible in evidence as consciousness of guilt. See Thomas v. State, 372 Md. 342, 812 A.2d 1050 (2002) (Thomas I). We must also decide whether the Circuit Court for Charles County erred in admitting into evidence a statement petitioner made to an F.B.I. agent which was not disclosed to petitioner until one week before trial. We shall affirm.

I

Petitioner’s convictions stem from the March 1995 murder of Beverly Renee Mitchell. In…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. People v. FarnamCalifornia Supreme Court · 2002
  3. United States v. TerryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
  4. Merzbacher v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
  5. United States v. Arturo Rodriguez, Vincente RamirezCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985

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