Ireland v. State

McAULIFFE, Judge.

We are here concerned with the punishment that may be imposed following conviction of the common law crimes of assault and battery. William M. Ireland was charged in the District Court of Maryland sitting in Anne Arundel County with committing a battery upon his estranged wife by hitting and kicking her. He demanded a jury trial, causing the case to be removed to the circuit court where he was convicted. Judge Morris Turk imposed a sentence of three years imprisonment, from which Ireland appealed. The Court of Special Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence in an…