FORD v. STATE

No. 322, September Term, 1970.

11 Md. App. 654 (1971)

276 A.2d 423

JOHN LAY FORD, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Smith for appellant.

James G. Klair, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and J. Thomas Clark, State's Attorney for Queen Anne's County, on the brief, for appellee.

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


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

John Lay Ford, Jr., the appellant, was convicted by the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County of the unlawful sale of the drug, LSD. Judge J. DeWeese Carter, presiding without a jury, imposed a sentence of one year. On appeal, the sole question is whether the accomplice's testimony was sufficiently corroborated.

On December 6, 1969, between 7:15 P.M. and 8:15 P.M., Constance McConnell, age 18, a student at...

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