WIGGINS v. STATE

No. 229, September Term, 1969.

8 Md. App. 598 (1970)

261 A.2d 503

LEONARD WIGGINS, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 3, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. White for appellant.

Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Charles E. Moylan, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Michael E. Kaminkow, 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.


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

The question in this case is whether the evidence was sufficient to prove that a homicide committed by Leonard Wiggins, Jr. (appellant) was murder in the first degree as found by the court sitting as a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore. Both appellant and the State argue on the predicate that the court found that the murder was committed in the perpetration of a robbery. Appellant claims and the State disputes that...

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