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Godwin v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland
Nov 21, 1978
403 A.2d 785 (Md. 1978)

Opinion

[No. 88, September Term, 1978.]

Decided November 21, 1978. Certiorari denied, Supreme Court of the United States, April 16, 1979.

Certiorari to the Court of Special Appeals. (Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Levin, Jacob, S., J.)

The cause was submitted to MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.

Submitted by Joseph A. DePaul, James E. Kenkel, William C. Brennan, Jr., and DePaul, Willoner Kenkel for appellant.

Submitted by Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Clarence W. Sharp and Kathleen M. Sweeney, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.


ORDER It is this 21st day of November, 1978

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals in the above entitled case be, and it is hereby, vacated and the case is remanded to the Court of Special Appeals for the entry of a new judgment consistent with the opinion of this Court in State v. Eugene Shaw Frye and Willie Lee Jones, Jr. v. State, Nos. 133 and 173, September Term, 1977 decided November 16, 1978 ( 283 Md. 709, 393 A.2d 1372 (1978)); and it is further

ORDERED that the costs are to be paid by Prince George's County.


Summaries of

Godwin v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland
Nov 21, 1978
403 A.2d 785 (Md. 1978)
Case details for

Godwin v. State

Case Details

Full title:ROLAND NEVILLE GODWIN v . STATE OF MARYLAND

Court:Court of Appeals of Maryland

Date published: Nov 21, 1978

Citations

403 A.2d 785 (Md. 1978)
403 A.2d 785

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