EDWARDS v. STATE

No. 371, September Term, 1968.

7 Md. App. 327 (1969)

254 A.2d 719

WILLIAM FREDERICK EDWARDS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh L. Reilly for appellant.

Bernard L. Silbert, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, and Benjamin R. Wolman, Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellee.

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


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

William Frederick Edwards, the appellant, was sentenced to a term of nine years after pleading guilty to robbery in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Judge Ernest A. Loveless presiding. On appeal, he contends that the plea was involuntary, and, therefore, the trial judge should have permitted its withdrawal.

Although Maryland has long followed the rule, recently enunciated by the Supreme Court,...

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