STATE v. MORRISON

No. 56, Sept. Term, 2019.

233 A.3d 136 (2020)

470 Md. 86

STATE of Maryland v. Muriel MORRISON.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Cathleen C. Brockmeyer , Assistant Attorney General ( Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General of Maryland of Baltimore, MD), on brief for Petitioner.

Argued by Haley Licha , Assistant Public Defender ( Michael R. Braudes , Assistant Public Defender and Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland of Baltimore, MD), on brief for Respondent.

Michelle Daugherty Siri, Esquire , Laure Ruth, Esquire , The Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc., 305 West Chesapeake Ave., Suite 201, Towson, MD 21204, Steven M. Klepper, Esquire, Megan L. Micco, Esquire , Kramon & Graham, P.A., One South Street, Suite 2600, Baltimore, MD 212023201, for Amicus Curiae The Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc. in Support of Respondent.

Hotten, J., which Barbera, C.J., Watts and Booth, JJ., join.


A jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City convicted Respondent, Muriel Morrison ("Ms. Morrison"), of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and neglect of a minor, stemming from the death of her infant. The infant died as a result of "asphyxia from probable overlay"1 after Ms. Morrison "co-slept"2 with her four-month-old infant and her four-year-old daughter, following a virtual evening of drinking beer...

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