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STATE v. STRICKLAND

No. 971, September Term, 1978.

42 Md. App. 357 (1979)

400 A.2d 451

STATE OF MARYLAND v. JAMES LINWOOD STRICKLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Anselmi, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, and Stephen C. Orenstein, Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellant.

Reginald W. Bours, III, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and THOMPSON and WILNER, JJ.

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

The appellee, James Linwood Strickland, for whatever else he may lack, suffers not for want of chutzpah.1 Strickland set out to bribe Judge Sylvania W. Woods, a District Court Judge in Prince George's County. The purpose of the bribe was to have Judge Woods show leniency toward a friend of Strickland who had a case pending before the judge. Contact with the State's Attorney was...

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