GIDDENS v. STATE

No. 636, Sept. Term, 2001.

812 A.2d 1075 (2002)

148 Md. App. 407

Orlandus E. GIDDENS v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

December 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geraldine K. Sweeney, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Leigh S. Halstad, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baltimore and Sandra A. O'Connor, State's Atty for Baltimore County, Towson, on the brief), for appellee.

Argued Before MURPHY, C.J., DAVIS and MARVIN H. SMITH (Ret'd, specially assigned), JJ.


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

In the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, a jury (Hon. J. Norris Byrnes, presiding) convicted Orlandus E. Giddens, appellant, of "depraved heart" second degree murder and child abuse. The conflicting evidence presented to the jury was sufficient to establish that appellant committed those offenses against his infant daughter, Sianii Giddens. Appellant argues that he is entitled to a new trial because

WHERE THE TIME OF INJURY WAS A CRUCIAL...

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