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COOK v. STATE

[No. 61, September Term, 1977.]

281 Md. 665 (1978)

381 A.2d 671

BRUCE ALTON COOK v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari denied October 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Arrie W. Davis, 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.

Certiorari denied, Supreme Court of the United States, October 2, 1978.

LEVINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. ELDRIDGE, J., concurs in the result and filed a concurring opinion at page 675 infra.

We consider in this appeal the doctrines of collateral estoppel and res judicata as applied to criminal proceedings. After a non-jury trial in the Circuit Court for Harford County (Close, J.), appellant was convicted of armed robbery with a dangerous...

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