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SHIFFLETT v. STATE

No. 334, September Term, 1967.

4 Md. App. 227 (1968)

242 A.2d 182

PHILLIP MORRIS SHIFFLETT v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carville M. Downes, with whom was Arthur S. Alperstein on the brief, for appellant.

William E. Brannan, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Samuel A. Green, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore County, and John J. Lucas, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ANDERSON, MORTON, ORTH, and THOMPSON, JJ.

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

Appellant was indicted in Baltimore County for the crime of (1) common law escape, and (2) escape in violation of Section 139 of Article 27 of the Maryland Code (1967 Repl. Vol.) which makes it a felony for any person "legally detained and confined in the penitentiary, or jail, or house of correction, or reformatory, or station house, or any other place of confinement, in this State, * * *" to escape therefrom. He...

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