STEVENSON v. STATE

No. 96, September Term, 1977.

37 Md. App. 635 (1977)

378 A.2d 209

JEWEL ANN STEVENSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Kroop for appellant.

Deborah K. Handel, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Leroy Handwerger, Assistant Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and John Acton, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

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


GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The right to trial by jury and the concomitant right to plead not guilty, thus requiring the State to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, are so fundamentally ingrained in our law as not to require support by citation of authority. Not quite so well established, but recognized as a basic principle, is the opportunity for an accused to plead guilty. Such a plea is, as...

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