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SMOOT v. STATE

No. 599, September Term, 1975.

31 Md. App. 138 (1976)

355 A.2d 495

JOHN RAY SMOOT, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 12, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Hogan for appellant.

Henry E. Dugan, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Andrew L. Sonner, State's Attorney for Montgomery County and Ronald G. Scheraga, Assistant State's Attorney for Montgomery County on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before ORTH, C.J., and THOMPSON, GILBERT and MOORE, JJ.

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

As in Pinder v. State, decided this date,1 we are here confronted with a contention that a guilty verdict was coerced. For reasons different from those found and explained in Pinder, we sustain appellant's contention. The judgment of conviction of larceny upon which appellant was sentenced to a term of six years (execution of which was suspended and supervised probation for six...

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