Tomolillo v. State

The appellant was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court for Calvert County of grand larceny and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of ten years. After a hearing on an application for review of sentence the sentence was vacated and he was resentenced to imprisonment for a term of four years.

The appellant claims that his arrest was illegal and that, therefore, a shirt and jacket were improperly admitted in evidence against him as obtained by an unreasonable seizure incident to the arrest.

George Griffin testified that about 4:00' A.M. on 6 May 1967 he was awakened by the sound of a car…