Hickman v. State

The appellant, Joseph D. Hickman, was indicted on four counts for burglary, rogue and vagabond, larceny and receiving stolen goods. After a plea of not guilty he was tried on May 20 and 21, 1964 with two separately indicted co-defendants before Judge J. Gilbert Prendergast, sitting without a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore. He was found guilty on the first count (burglary) and on the third count (larceny). A motion for a new trial was denied on November 25, 1964 and the appellant was sentenced to six years in the Maryland Penitentiary. This appeal followed.

On the evening of March 19,…