ELLERBA v. STATE

No. 259, September Term, 1978.

41 Md. App. 712 (1979)

398 A.2d 1250

CHARLES ELLERBA ALIAS ALPHONSO DAVIS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Skeen, Assigned Public Defender, for appellant.

F. Ford Loker, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis Bill Burch, Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Jonathan Shoup, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MOORE, MELVIN and LISS, JJ.


MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant, Charles Ellerba, alias Alphonso Davis, was convicted by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore (Kaplan, J.) on December 8, 1977 of two charges of arson. He was thereafter sentenced to two consecutive 20-year terms. On appeal, he argues six assignments of error by the trial court: (1) appellant did not freely and voluntarily waive his right to counsel on May 31, 1977 and, therefore, it was error to admit...

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