| Murder of Dorothy Mae Grammer and execution of George E. Grammer
Grammer v. State, 203 Md. 200, 100 A.2d 257 (1953).
Lexis Opinion
Grammer v. Maryland, 347 U.S. 938, 74 S. Ct. 634, 98 L. Ed. 1088 (1954). - writ of cert denied
Lexis Opinion
Trial Court records:
BALTIMORE CITY CRIMINAL COURT (Criminal Docket) State v. George Edward Grammer, September Term 1952 Indictment No. 3544, pp. 7, 465 and 445. [MSA C1849-176, 3/30/6/1]
BALTIMORE CITY CRIMINAL COURT (Transcripts) George E. Grammer, 1952, Box 1 No. 3544 [MSA T 496-67, 0/2/2/39]
Interrogation of G. Edward Grammer, 8/30/52
Court Transcript, Part I: Sept. 16, Oct. 14, 1952, p. 1-205
Court Transcript, Part II: Oct. 15, 1952, p. 205-450
Court Transcript, Part III: Oct. 16, 1952, p. 451-667
Court Transcript, Part IV: Oct. 17, 1952, p. 668-862
Court Transcript, Part V: Oct. 18, 1952, p. 863-951
Court Transcript, Part VI: Oct. 20, 1952, p. 952-1145
Court Transcript, Part VII: Oct. 21 and 23, 1952, p. 1146-1196
State's Exhibits
Defendant's Exhibits
Appeallate material
Includes opinion of Supreme Bench, confession, and other information
Note: No additional records for this case BALTIMORE CITY CRIMINAL COURT (Criminal Papers) MSA T 495
Supreme Bench records:
Minutes and Supreme Bench opinion rejecting Grammer's appeal
Appellate records:
COURT OF APPEALS (Records and Briefs) Grammer v. State, October Term 1953 No. 18 [MSA S1733-1382, 1/27/3/179]
COURT OF APPEALS (Miscellaneous Papers) Grammer v. State, October Term 1953 No. 18 [MSA S397-136, 1/65/8/30]
COURT OF APPEALS (Opinions) Grammer v. State, October Term 1953 No. 18 [MSA S393-279, 1/66/6/27]
COURT OF APPEALS (U.S. Supreme Court Appeals) Grammer v. State, October Term 1953 No. 18 [MSA S450-1, 1/66/7/35]
Other records:
Extracts from SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Papers) [MSA SM143, SR797]. This file contains items sent to Governor Theodore McKeldin upon Grammer's application for executive clemency in May 1954, and includes Grammer's 17 page statement, as well as the Governor's statement in which he denied clemency.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DIVISION OF VITAL RECORDS AND STATISTICS (Death Record, Counties) Dorothy M. Grammer, 20 August 1952, Baltimore County [MSA S1268-302, 2/15/1/46]
BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record) George E. Grammer, 11 June 1954, Certificate No. 5022 [MSA C2108-107, 2/19/1/111]
References from the Pratt vertical file and other research notes courtesy of Bill Sleeman, University of Maryland School of Law.
Note: This case is included in the index to the Attorney General's Case Papers as file number 6800-1953. Warehouse searched the following box, but did not locate this file.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
(Case File)
MSA T2261
Dates: n.d.
Box No.: 346
Description: 6784-6801
Accession No.: 74W8
MSA No.: T2261-159
Location: HF/5/12/61
BALTIMORE COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Estate Papers) Dorothy M. Grammer, 1954, Box 341 File No. 15264 [MSA T679-342, HF/07/11/028]
BALTIMORE COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Administration Accounts) Dorothy M. Grammer, 1954, Liber JPC 56, pp. 351-352 [MSA CM127-111, CR 9086-2]
BALTIMORE COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Orphans Court Proceedings) Dorothy M. Grammer, 1954, Liber 77, pp. 254-255 [MSA CM 181-129, CR 952]
These proceedings are from April and May of 1954, and appoint Edgar F. Lassahan as administrator of her estate, and allow him to pay her funeral expenses.
Notes:
No references to the Grammer's daughters or the Schmidts were found in BALTIMORE COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Guardian Accounts, Index) 1951-69, or BALTIMORE COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Guardian Bonds) 1929-64. A search of 3 boxes of BALTIMORE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Adoption Papers) which covered from mid/late 1953 to early/mid 1955 was also done. While the files themselves are sealed in large envelopes, the envelopes generally give the name of the adult(s) pursuing the adoption and the date the decree was issued. The Schmidts were not found.
Biographies:
Judge Herman M. Moser, MSA SC 3520-14357
Anselm Sodaro, Baltimore City State's Attorney, MSA SC 3520-13926
J. Harold Grady, Assistant Baltimore City State's Attorney, MSA SC 3520-12488
Anthony Federico, Grammer's defense attorney before the Baltimore City Criminal Court
"Anthony Federico, 87, gained fame as lawyer for killer in 1952 case." The Sun, 9 March 2001.
Theodore and Joseph Sherbow, and Edward F. Shea were Grammer's appellant counsel. |
