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SIMPKINS v. STATE

No. 1758, September Term, 1990.

88 Md. App. 607 (1991)

596 A.2d 655

ALAN WILLIAM SIMPKINS AND GRACE CATHERINE GEISLER v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

October 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellants.

Gwynn X. Kinsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. and Stuart O. Simms, State's Atty., for Baltimore City, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before WILNER, C.J., and MOTZ and HARRELL, JJ.

WILNER, Chief Judge.

This case arises from the tragic, senseless death of two year-old Brandy Simpkins. She died of starvation — or, as the medical examiner testified, malnutrition and dehydration. As a result, Brandy's parents — Alan Simpkins and Grace Geisler — were charged with first degree, premeditated murder. After trial before the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, sitting without a jury, they were each convicted of second degree murder...

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