In Gladden v. State, 273 Md. 383, 330 A.2d 176 (1974), the Court of Appeals considered Gladden's contention that he could not be convicted of murder when his intent was to kill his drug supplier, but, missing his target, he killed a twelve-year-old boy sitting in his living room. In affirming this Court's decision, the Court expressly adopted the doctrine of transferred intent, stating that "the doctrine of 'transferred intent' is the law of Maryland and that the mens rea of a defendant as to his intended victim will carry over and affix his culpability when such criminal conduct causes the death of an unintended victim." Id. at 405.