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ANDREWS v. STATE

No. 101, Sept.Term 2000.

811 A.2d 282 (2000)

372 Md. 1

Kurt Nichols ANDREWS v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

November 14, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geraldine K. Sweeney, Assistant Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Mary Ann Ince, Assistant Attorney General (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J. and ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.

BELL, C.J.

The petitioner, Kurt Nichols Andrews, was arrested and tried, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, for the death of his infant daughter, Kristin Andrews,1 which, it was alleged, was caused by "Shaken Baby Syndrome." Shaken Baby Syndrome is characterized by violent acceleration and deceleration forces being applied to an infant, whose head is disproportionately heavy, whose neck muscles are weak, and whose brain is unmyelinated...

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