CATES v. STATE

No. 686, September Term, 1973.

21 Md. App. 363 (1974)

320 A.2d 75

ROBERT CRAVEN CATES v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas V. Miller, Jr., for appellant.

George A. Eichhorn, III, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, and Stephen C. Orenstein, Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before POWERS, GILBERT and LOWE, JJ.


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

The basic question presented by this appeal is whether an individual who has lost money in a "crap game" and who, by the use of a weapon, takes the money from the person to whom it has been "lost", can be successfully prosecuted for robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon.

Robert Craven Cates, appellant, much to his later chagrin, invited an Air Force sergeant to participate in a game of "craps". The sergeant...

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