Boblits v. State

Appellant was indicted in February, 1967, for housebreaking, larceny and receiving stolen goods. In May, 1967, he was tried before a jury which returned a verdict of (1) not guilty of housebreaking; (2) not guilty of larceny; (3) guilty of receiving stolen goods. He was sentenced to serve four years.

This Court reversed that judgment of conviction because we found the evidence before the jury to be legally insufficient to sustain its verdict and a new trial was ordered. Boblits v. State, 4 Md. App. 534. Prior to the beginning of the new trial, appellant’s counsel filed a motion to dismiss the…