McCLAIN v. STATE

No. 303, September Term, 1969.

10 Md. App. 106 (1970)

268 A.2d 572

JOSEPH McCLAIN v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 5, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin L. Brown for appellant.

Richard G. McCauley, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Charles E. Moylan, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and James B. Dudley, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, 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 McClain was charged under two separate indictments with being an accessory after the fact to the felonies of murder and armed robbery. Specifically, the indictments charged that Edward Powers, Thomas McCoy, Albert Matthews, and Dennis Wilson murdered and robbed Joseph Pecora on November 2, 1967 and that appellant "well knowing * * * [the principals had committed...

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