FINNEGAN v. STATE

No. 58, September Term, 1976.

33 Md. App. 251 (1976)

364 A.2d 124

PATRICK J. FINNEGAN v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan W. Bernstein, Assigned Public Defender, with whom were Goldstein & Bernstein on the brief, for appellant.

Gilbert Rosenthal, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Warren B. Duckett, Jr., State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, and Ronald M. Naditch, Assistant State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before THOMPSON, MENCHINE and MELVIN, JJ.


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

Patrick J. Finnegan, the appellant, was convicted by Judge Matthew S. Evans, presiding in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County without a jury, of armed robbery and assault with intent to murder. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of 5 and 15 years. On this appeal Finnegan contends that the trial court erroneously shifted to the appellant the burden of proof of reducing...

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