JONES v. STATE

No. 269, September Term, 1979.

44 Md. App. 417 (1979)

409 A.2d 725

ANNA MAE JONES v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted by Richard M. Karceski for appellant.

Submitted by Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Diane G. Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and John Prevas, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, for appellee.

The cause was submitted on briefs to MOYLAN, LOWE and MACDANIEL, JJ.


LOWE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. MOYLAN, J., filed a concurring opinion at page 430 infra.

There is seldom any difficulty in interpreting the holdings of an appellate court. The enticement of vaticinating beyond that necessary to decide the case before such court is, however, that which causes lawyers to become prophets instead of interpreters of the law. Dictum, like the road to Avernus, is easily traversed but the way back is hard to find.

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