HAZEL v. STATE

[No. 144, September Term, 1959.]

221 Md. 464 (1960)

157 A.2d 922

HAZEL v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 17, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton B. Allen and Jacques E. Leeds, for appellant.

James H. Norris, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General, with whom were C. Ferdinand Sybert, Attorney General, Saul A. Harris, State's Attorney of Baltimore City, and James W. Murphy and Russell White, Assistant State's Attorneys of Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

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


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

This is an appeal by Clifford Earl Hazel (the defendant) from the judgment entered and sentence imposed upon his conviction of rape by the three-judge court, sitting without a jury. The sole question presented is whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the verdict of guilty.

On the afternoon of April 2, 1959, at about 12:20, the prosecuting witness (the prosecutrix or victim) was unloading groceries from...

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