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    Douglas Pryor Sentenced to 6 Life Terms for 2007 MD. Double Murder Including A Police Officer

    Prosecutors in Washington County said they will seek the death penalty if a Smithsburg man is convicted of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a police officer in December.

    State's Attorney Charles Strong said he made the decision in consultation with Smithsburg Police Officer Christopher Nicholson's family.

    Defendant Douglas Pryor, 29, also is charged with first-degree murder, accused of stabbing his former girlfriend Alison Munson to death before confronting Nicholson.

    Strong said Pryor is eligible for the death penalty because Nicholson was a law-enforcement officer performing his duty, and because Pryor allegedly killed Nicholson while escaping or attempting to escape from lawful arrest

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    According to Washington County MD Court records a number of pretrial motions have been filed. A trial date has yet to be set.

    Court Records here

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    HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A Smithsburg man convicted of killing two people, including a police officer, is withdrawing his petition for a new trial.

    The (Hagerstown) Herald-Mail reported Wednesday that a Washington County circuit judge granted the motion by Douglas Pryor, 32, last week.


    Pryor filed the petition for post-conviction relief in June, claiming his defense counsel was ineffective.

    Pryor pleaded guilty in May 2009 to murdering his former girlfriend Alison Munson and Smithsburg police officer Christopher Nicholson. He is serving six consecutive life sentences for those slayings and for shooting at four other officers on the night on Dec. 19, 2007.

    http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2011/0...w-trial-quest/

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