Middleton v. State

Appellant was convicted by the court sitting without a jury of assault with intent to rape and murder in the first degree and sentenced to a life term under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction. He contends on this appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support the convictions.

The nude body of Catherine Kantros was discovered in an open field located near the Beltway in Baltimore County on the morning of November 29, 1967. An autopsy was performed which indicated that numerous lacerations about the face and head of the victim had been inflicted shortly prior to or at the…