PATTERSON v. STATE

[No. 179, September Term, 1974.]

275 Md. 563 (1975)

342 A.2d 660

PATTERSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 23, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert Kramer for appellant.

Gilbert Rosenthal, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, Edwin H.W. Harlan, State's Attorney for Harford County, John A. Goodman and Edward Lilly, Assistant State's Attorneys for Harford County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and O'DONNELL, JJ.


O'DONNELL, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Following a domestic argument, Douglas Lynn Patterson died on the night of Sunday, June 25, 1972, as a result of internal bleeding caused by a stab wound in his chest. His wife, the appellant, Mary Theresa Patterson, was indicted for his murder.

Following a five-day jury trial in the Circuit Court for Harford County (presided over by Judge Albert P. Close) she was...

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