REED v. STATE

[No. 62, September Term, 1977.]

283 Md. 374 (1978)

391 A.2d 364

JAMES REED, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided September 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Wood, Specially Assigned Public Defender, for appellant.

Deborah K. Handel, 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 MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ., and reargued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.


ELDRIDGE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH and ORTH, JJ., dissent and SMITH, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which MURPHY, C.J., and ORTH, J., concur at page 400 infra.

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