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BOWERS v. STATE

No. 101, September Term, 1977.

38 Md. App. 21 (1977)

379 A.2d 748

BETTY BOWERS AND HOBART BOWERS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harriette Cohen, Assigned Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellants.

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

The cause was argued before POWERS, MELVIN and MASON, JJ.

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

On August 18, 1976, the appellants, Betty Bowers (Betty) and Hobart Bowers (Hobart), were found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County of violating Maryland's Child Abuse Statute. The convictions arose from an incident that occurred on February 25, 1976, in which Betty's 15 year old daughter, Patricia, was beaten with a belt when Betty and Hobart learned...

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