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Poff v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided May 16, 1968No. 276, September Term, 1967PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.

John Preston Poff, the appellant, was convicted of storehouse breaking in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Judge Roscoe H. Parker presiding with a jury. Poff complains that the conviction for storehouse breaking instead of breaking a “dwelling” was contrary to law; that he was subject of a police entrapment; that he was prejudiced in the eyes of the jury by the arrest of his wife in the courtroom while he was being tried, and by the resulting colloquy between the judge and himself.

In August of 1966 Detective James Fitzpatrick of the Prince George’s County Police made arrangements…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Carroll v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
  2. Reeves v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
  3. Hackley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
  4. Buckley v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
  5. Dolan v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. DENO CONSTANTINE KANARAS v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. KingsburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  3. Herbert v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1976
  4. McKenzie v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2008
  5. Fisher v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975

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