MORRIS v. STATE

No. 34, September Term, 2010.

13 A.3d 1206 (2011)

418 Md. 194

Franklin MORRIS v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kellie M. Black , Asst. Public Defender, ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioner.

Robert Taylor, Jr. , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.


HARRELL, J.

Don Henley sang, "trying to get down to the heart of the matter," often the "more I know, the less I understand."1 Apropos of that sentiment, in the present case, the parties brief and argue an array of issues, only a few of which are actually before this Court and which we shall decide. In the process, they glaze the proceedings with a certain degree of opaqueness.

After an extensive review of the record, we conclude...

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