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Victim’s family angry over life sentence
- A judge’s decision to give inmate Brandon Morris life in prison without parole for killing a correctional officer disappointed and angered the slain officer’s family.
- A judge’s decision to give inmate Brandon Morris life in prison without parole for killing a correctional officer disappointed and angered the slain officer’s family.
Judge weighs Morris’ life before sentencing
- The young age of state prison inmate Brandon Morris should not influence the judge deciding whether he deserves the death penalty for murdering a correctional officer, prosecutors said Thursday.
Murderer chooses judge over jury
- The state prison inmate convicted Friday of murdering a correctional officer chose Tuesday to be sentenced by a judge, not a Howard County jury.
- The state prison inmate convicted Friday of murdering a correctional officer chose Tuesday to be sentenced by a judge, not a Howard County jury.
Attorney may testify for Morris
- A defense attorney for the inmate convicted Friday of murdering a correctional officer may take the stand before sentencing and testify on behalf of his own client next week in Howard Circuit Court.
Morris guilty of murder
- A Howard jury found state prison inmate Brandon Morris guilty of murdering a correctional officer during his escape from a Hagerstown hospita — the verdict qualifies him for the death penalty.Morris, 22, of Baltimore City, was charged with shooting Correctional Officer Jeffery Wroten, 44, while escaping from Washington County Hospital in January 2006.
Premeditation could mean death for man
- A Howard Circuit jury today is expected to decide whether a state prisoner shot to death a correctional officer as part of planned escape — a determination which could make him eligible for the death penalty.
