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BRYANT v. STATE

No. 1610, September Term, 1980.

49 Md. App. 272 (1981)

431 A.2d 714

ROBERT LAMONT BRYANT AND CLEVELAND HAM, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. DeLano, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellants.

Philip M. Andrews, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Sandra A. O'Connor, State's Attorney for Baltimore County, and Dennis C. Whelley, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore County, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

I.

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