SMITH v. STATE

Nos. 1069, 1879, September Term, 2016.

165 A.3d 561 (2017)

233 Md. App. 372

Jonathan D. SMITH v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

July 26, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by: Bryce E. Benjet ( Barry C. Scheck , The Innocence Project of New York, NY, Donald P. Salzman , Joshua K. Goldman , Daniele M. Schiffman , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Washington, D.C.), on the brief, for Appellant.

Argued by: Cathleen C. Brockmeyer ( Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General, on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for Appellee.

Panel: Meredith, Graeff, Reed, JJ.


On January 5, 1987, 64-year-old Adeline Wilford was stabbed to death in the kitchen of her farmhouse. The investigation stalled for years, but on March 1, 2001, a jury in the Circuit Court for Talbot County convicted Jonathan D. Smith, appellant, of felony murder and daytime housebreaking. The circuit court subsequently sentenced him...

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