Thomas v. State

WILNER, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City of battery and resisting arrest. The convictions arose from an altercation occurring when sheriffs deputies, eventually aided by the police, served an arrest warrant on appellant, charging him with failure to make support payments to his former wife. During the struggle, a deputy was stabbed with a ballpoint pen and a police officer was struck.

Appellant, a self-employed college graduate, had been released on bond prior to and during the trial. Upon rendition of the jury’s verdicts, the court agreed to…