ALEXANDER v. STATE

No. 1537, September Term, 1981.

52 Md. App. 171 (1982)

447 A.2d 880

RALPH ALEXANDER v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted by Thomas J. Bollinger, Assigned Public Defender, and Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, for appellant.

Submitted by Ann E. Singleton, Assistant Attorney General, Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Gary Ticknor, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, for appellee.

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


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

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