Garner v. State

The appellant, Marvin Blackie Garner, was convicted by Judge Paul A. Dorf, sitting non-jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, of warehouse breaking and stealing property of the value of $5 and upwards and an attempt to obtain money by false pretense in violation of Md. Code, Art. 27, §§33 and 140, respectively. He was sentenced to 10 years for each conviction with fEe sentences to run concurrently. The appellant contends (1) that he was denied his right to genuine and effective representation under Art. 21 of the Declaration of Rights and the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Federal…