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PENNINGTON v. STATE

No. 540, September Term, 1970.

12 Md. App. 263 (1971)

278 A.2d 76

JOHN FRANCIS PENNINGTON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack D. Guertin for appellant.

Robert A. DiCicco, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, and James E. Kenkel, Deputy State's Attorney for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before ORTH, THOMPSON and MOYLAN, JJ.

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

The judgment entered in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County on 8 September 1969 upon John Francis Pennington's plea of nolo contendere to a charge of bribery is reversed for the reason that the consent of the lower court to the entry of the plea was improper. It was improper because the record is utterly silent as to whether Pennington had an intelligent understanding...

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