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LAW v. STATE

No. 607, September Term, 1973.

21 Md. App. 13 (1974)

318 A.2d 859

JAMES CECIL LAW, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 19, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luther C. West for appellant.

James L. Bundy, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, John C. Hancock, State's Attorney for Charles County, Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, and Daniel Cassidy, Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before THOMPSON, MOORE and LOWE, JJ.

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

When James Cecil Law, Jr. purchased a thirty-nine dollar shot gun for "house protection," he could not possibly have conceived of the ordeal it would cause him to undergo.

Mr. Law, a 32 year old black man, had recently married and moved to a predominantly white middle-class neighborhood. Within two weeks his home was broken into and a substantial amount of clothing and...

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