BENTON v. STATE

No. 252, Initial Term, 1967.

1 Md. App. 647 (1967)

232 A.2d 541

JOHN DALMER BENTON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 17, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Thomas Sisk, with whom was M. Michael Cramer on the brief, for appellant.

Jon F. Oster, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before ANDERSON, MORTON, ORTH, and THOMPSON, JJ., and O'DONNELL, J., Associate Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, specially assigned.


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

Appellant, John Dalmer Benton, was indicted under a three count indictment charging him in the first count with burglary, in the second count with housebreaking and in the third count with larceny. He was tried on April 22, 1965, in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County before a jury. The State abandoned the second count and the jury returned a verdict of guilty as...

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