STOKES v. STATE

[No. 112, October Term, 1952.]

202 Md. 166 (1953)

95 A.2d 871

STOKES v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 16, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Niport for the appellant.

Kenneth C. Proctor, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Edward D.E. Rollins, Attorney General, Anselm Sodaro, State's Attorney for Baltimore City and Theodore C. Waters, Jr., Assistant State's Attorney, on the brief, for the appellee.

The cause was argued before SOBELOFF, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.


COLLINS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

George Grant Stokes, appellant, was charged in an indictment with rape, assault with intent to rape, and common assault on Verletha Johnson, an infant ten years of age. He was found guilty of the charge of common assault and from the judgment and sentence appeals to this Court.

The questions before us are, whether the trial judge erred in overruling appellant's motion for a directed verdict of not guilty, and...

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