Bynum v. State

This appeal stems from a conviction in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Couch, J.) where a jury found appellant guilty of armed robbery, motor vehicle larceny and use of a handgun in the commission of a felony. On appeal, the Court of Special Appeals affirmed the judgment in an unreported opinion. Larry Donnell Bynum v. State of Maryland, [No. 16, September Term, 1975, filed September 16, 1975]. We granted certiorari to consider the question whether the action of the state in entering a nolle prosequi of a robbery charge precluded it from convicting appellant of armed robbery,…