SIMMS v. STATE

No. 1609, September Term, 1981.

52 Md. App. 448 (1982)

449 A.2d 1196

JOHN WILLIAM SIMMS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided September 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmina Szunyog, Assistant Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Joseph S. Lyons, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, for appellee.

The cause was submitted on briefs to MACDANIEL, WEANT and BISHOP, JJ.


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

On January 20, 1977, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, the appellant, John William Simms, was convicted of common law rape and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. From his convictions, which yielded a sentence totaling twenty-five years imprisonment, appellant noted this belated appeal,1 contending:

"I. The trial judge committed reversible error by conducting...

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