JOHNSON v. STATE

[No. 23, September Term, 1960.]

223 Md. 253 (1960)

164 A.2d 269

JOHNSON v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard J. Kerpelman, for appellant.

James O'C. Gentry, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were C. Ferdinand Sybert, Attorney General, Saul A. Harris, State's Attorney, and Dene Lusby, Assistant State's Attorney, respectively, of Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.


PER CURIAM:

The appellant, Thomas E. Johnson, was convicted of assault with intent to murder. He appeals on the ground that the evidence, particularly with regard to intent, was insufficient to sustain the conviction. He was tried and found guilty by Judge Cullen, sitting without a jury, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore.

The victim of the assault is a sixteen-year old girl, Virginia, who is the mother of an illegitimate child whom she had by Johnson. There...

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