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JONES v. STATE

No. 530, September Term, 1972.

17 Md. App. 504 (1973)

302 A.2d 638

WILLIAM CORNELIUS JONES v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 11, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Garrity, Assigned Public Defender, with whom was Edward P. Camus, District Public Defender for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellant.

James L. Bundy, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, and Richard P. Arnold, Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

WILLIAM CORNELIUS JONES, calling upon the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, claims that if he were now tried on a charge that he robbed Eugene Alfred Contee with a deadly weapon on 9 October 1971 he would be "subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb." He is correct.

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