MATHEWS v. STATE

No. 7, September Term, 1972.

15 Md. App. 686 (1972)

292 A.2d 131

WINFRED JAMES MATHEWS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Garrity for appellant.

Harry A.E. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, and Joseph C. Sauerwein, Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellee.

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


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

This appeal squarely raises the question of whether or not the record must affirmatively demonstrate that an accused has been apprised of the maximum sentence to which he subjects himself by a plea of guilty.

Winfred James Mathews1 pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County to feloniously breaking into a dwelling in...

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