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GOAD v. STATE

[No. 354, September Term, 1964.]

239 Md. 345 (1965)

211 A.2d 337

GOAD v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 28, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Smelkinson for appellant.

Julius A. Romano, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General, and Charles E. Moylan, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before PRESCOTT, C.J., and HAMMOND, MARBURY, SYBERT and OPPENHEIMER, JJ.

PRESCOTT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case again points out the handicaps under which peace officers in Maryland frequently find themselves due to the unusual distinctions between felonies and misdemeanors in this State. David Kauffman, in an able and widely-read article, pointed out some of the problems arising therefrom as early as 1941. See 5 Md. L. Rev. 125. Five years ago, this Court called attention to the fact that these problems still persisted...

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