ADAMS v. STATE

No. 1204 Sept.Term, 2007.

995 A.2d 763 (2010)

192 Md. App. 469

Marshall ADAMS v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

May 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy E. Brennan (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for Appellant.

Jeremy M. McCoy (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for Appellee.

Panel: HOLLANDER, MEREDITH, and CHARLES E. MOYLAN, JR. (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.


MEREDITH, Judge.

In the early morning hours of April 13, 2006, Marshall Adams, appellant, stabbed and killed Leo Morris. Upon his arrest, Adams asserted that Morris had sought to purchase cocaine from him, but when the two met to complete the sale, Morris had threatened Adams with a knife and attempted to rob him of the cocaine. Adams maintained that he had merely defended himself, but also asserted that he had "blacked out" during the altercation and could not fully...

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