Saturday, May 29, 2010
West Virginia Conviction Overturned
WEST VIRGINIA....
A Maryland man who allegedly admitted to a detective that he killed a West Virginia man has had his conviction overturned. Thirty year old Marshall Adams of Hagerstown, Maryland allegedy admitted, during a jailhouse conversation with a detective, that he had fatally stabbed 31 year old Leo Morris of Ranson, West Virginia. Adams, who claimed self-defense, got 40 years for killing Morris during an aborted drug deal in April 2006. The Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled this week that a Washington County judge improperly allowed testimony about self-incriminating statements Adams allegedly made to police without his attorney's presence, and the judge failed to tell jurors they could consider whether Adams stabbed Morris in a hot-blooded reaction to a surprise robbery attempt.
A Maryland man who allegedly admitted to a detective that he killed a West Virginia man has had his conviction overturned. Thirty year old Marshall Adams of Hagerstown, Maryland allegedy admitted, during a jailhouse conversation with a detective, that he had fatally stabbed 31 year old Leo Morris of Ranson, West Virginia. Adams, who claimed self-defense, got 40 years for killing Morris during an aborted drug deal in April 2006. The Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled this week that a Washington County judge improperly allowed testimony about self-incriminating statements Adams allegedly made to police without his attorney's presence, and the judge failed to tell jurors they could consider whether Adams stabbed Morris in a hot-blooded reaction to a surprise robbery attempt.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:35 AM 
