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STATE v. SMULLEN

No. 40, Sept. Term, 2003.

844 A.2d 429 (2004)

380 Md. 233

STATE of Maryland v. Bruno SMULLEN.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 12, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane E. Keller, Assistant Attorney General (Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, of Baltimore), on brief, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

Margaret L. Lanier, Assistant Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, of Baltimore), on brief, for respondent/cross-petitioner.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

WILNER, Judge.

On Saturday morning, May 6, 2000, Bruno Smullen, wearing latex gloves in order to maintain a sure grip, snuck up behind his adoptive father, Warren, as Warren sat on the living room couch reading a newspaper and drinking his morning coffee, and killed him by stabbing and cutting him repeatedly with a butcher knife. The autopsy revealed six stab wounds and sixteen cut wounds inflicted on Warren's head and chest...

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