STATE v. TAYLOR

No. 66, Sept. Term, 1996.

701 A.2d 389 (1997)

347 Md. 363

STATE of Maryland v. James W. TAYLOR.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Annabelle L. Lisic, Asst. Atty. General (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. General, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Margaret L. Lanier, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, RAKER and WILNER, JJ.


CHASANOW, Judge.

James W. Taylor, the Respondent, was charged in five separate indictments with child abuse in violation of Maryland Code (1957, 1992 Repl.Vol.), Article 27, § 35A, and the lesser-included, common-law offenses of assault and of battery. The indictments were consolidated for trial on July 29, 1994, despite Taylor's motion to sever the charges. The State entered a nolle prosequi on the assault charges and, on February 15, 1995, the jury returned...

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