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ENGLISH v. STATE

No. 589, September Term, 1971.

16 Md. App. 439 (1973)

298 A.2d 464

RICHARD ENGLISH v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Daneman for appellant.

David B. Allen, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Milton B. Allen, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Robert N. Dugan, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before ORTH, C.J., and THOMPSON and DAVIDSON, JJ.

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

An accused in a criminal proceeding has no constitutional right to plead guilty. He may so plead in Maryland by a rule of procedure, Maryland Rule 720, and when an offense may by law be divided into degrees of guilt, he may plead not guilty to one degree and guilty to another degree, Rule 724. However, the trial court may refuse to accept a plea of guilty, Rule 721, and it...

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