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WOODS v. STATE

No. 468, September Term, 1971.

14 Md. App. 627 (1972)

288 A.2d 215

HENRY LEE WOODS, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 7, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter H. Madden for appellant.

Josef E. Rosenblatt, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Andrew L. Sonner, State's Attorney for Montgomery County, and Thomas L. Craven, Assistant State's Attorney for Montgomery County, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

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