TICHNELL v. STATE

[No. 60, September Term, 1980.]

290 Md. 43 (1981)

427 A.2d 991

RICHARD DANNY TICHNELL v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark B. Frame, with whom was G. Gary Hanna on the brief, for appellant.

Deborah K. Handel, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.


MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court. DAVIDSON, J., concurs in the result.

This case involves Maryland's capital punishment statute, Maryland Code (1957, 1976 Repl. Vol., 1980 Cum. Supp.), Art. 27, §§ 412-414, and whether the death sentence imposed by a jury upon Richard Tichnell comported with statutory and constitutional requirements.

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On January 18, 1979, at approximately 5:25 a.m., Tichnell and a confederate, Oscar Recek...

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