TERRY v. STATE

No. 233, September Term, 1976.

34 Md. App. 99 (1976)

366 A.2d 65

MARY ALICE TERRY v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria A. Salner, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Alexander L. Cummings, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Mary Ann Willin, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MELVIN and LISS, JJ.


LISS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

"Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!"1

How much more mournful is the increasing incidence of brutality and abuse of children by adults?

The appellant, Mary Alice Terry, was convicted of second degree murder and child abuse in a jury trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore (Levin, J., presiding).

In May of 1975, the Baltimore City Police were alerted...

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