LAURIE v. STATE

No. 359, September Term, 1975.

29 Md. App. 609 (1976)

349 A.2d 276

JOHN ARCHIBALD LAURIE, SR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Peregoff, Assigned Public Defender, for appellant.

Bruce C. Spizler, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Sandra A. O'Connor, State's Attorney for Baltimore County, and David Hugel, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore County, on the brief, for appellee.

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


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

John Archibald Laurie, Sr. was convicted by a jury, presided over by Judge H. Kemp MacDaniel, of the assault of a detective and of hindering two detectives in the lawful performance of their duty. After exhaustively analyzing his reasons for leniency, notwithstanding a presentence report recommending incarceration, Judge MacDaniel imposed the sentence as follows:

"For the reasons stated, I am going to fine Mr...

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