ALSTON v. STATE

No. 142, September Term, 1975.

30 Md. App. 72 (1976)

352 A.2d 323

JOHN ALSTON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted by Alan J. Bloom, Assigned Public Defender, for appellant.

Submitted by Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Gilbert H. Robinette, Assistant Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Joseph Lyons, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, for appellee.

The cause was submitted on briefs to MORTON, MENCHINE and MASON, JJ.


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

This is an appeal from a robbery conviction and subsequent ten-year sentence entered against the appellant, John Alston, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, Judge Harry Cole presiding in a jury trial.

Two questions are raised on appeal: (1) did the trial court err in requiring the appellant to submit, at the time of trial, to a fingerprint analysis, and (2) did the...

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