TAYLOR v. STATE

No. 101, Sept. Term, 1996.

697 A.2d 462 (1997)

346 Md. 452

Richard Jamison TAYLOR v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Colvin, Assistant Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioner.

Celia Anderson Davis, Assistant Attorney General (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, on brief), Baltimore, for Respondent.

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


RAKER, Judge.

Petitioner, Richard Jamison Taylor, was convicted of possession of marijuana in violation of Maryland Code (1957, 1996 Repl.Vol.) Art. 27, § 287.1 He argues that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction. We agree and therefore shall reverse.

We shall set forth the evidence in some detail as our holding is based on the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. Petitioner was charged...

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