Gerstein v. State

The threnody of Sidney Gerstein makes clear his dissatisfaction with the judgments rendered against him at his jury trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore* 1 but for the most part leaves clouded the reasons why he feels they should be reversed. When his prolix brief is alembicated there remain three contentions presented by specific questions and a gaggle of miscellaneous claims more or less indicated under the general question, “Did the trial court commit reversible error?” We consider the three contentions under the specific questions and such of the claims under the general question as…