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PURNELL v. STATE

[No. 36, September Term, 1965.]

241 Md. 582 (1966)

217 A.2d 298

PURNELL AND PURNELL v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 8, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace E. Hutton for appellants.

Fred Oken, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General, and Robert S. Rothenhoefer, State's Attorney for Frederick County, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

There is little substance in this appeal. An uncle and nephew, represented by competent counsel, pled guilty in the Circuit Court for Frederick County to breaking and entering Yost's Diner. After the plea, Judge Clapp proceeded to take testimony to aid in his determination of the proper sentences to impose. During the course of this testimony, Officer Stafford of the State Police stated that appellants had confessed...

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