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THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 303, September Term, 1972.

16 Md. App. 560 (1973)

298 A.2d 458

GUY CHARLES THOMPSON, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 8, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Kroop 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 Mark Van Bavel, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

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