LIGHTFOOT v. STATE

[No. 126, September Term, 1975.]

278 Md. 231 (1976)

360 A.2d 426

LIGHTFOOT v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Cardin for appellant.

Alexander L. Cummings, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE and ELDRIDGE, JJ.


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

The question here is whether a criminal defendant may properly be convicted of attempted armed robbery upon evidence clearly establishing a consummated armed robbery.

On January 20, 1972, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Beulah Dorsey, employed as an assistant manager of the Gwynn Oak Fabric Center, a laundromat in Baltimore, Maryland, was working in the laundry room...

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