Brewer v. State

Nathan S. Brewer was convicted by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of two charges of having in his possession and under his control narcotic drugs, and, after sentence, has appealed.

There is very little to the appeal. The appellant’s only contention is an alleged insufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions. The State, however, argues that this contention is not before us, due to appellant’s failure properly to reserve the same for appellate review. A motion for directed verdicts (now motion for judgments of acquittal, Maryland Rule 755) was made, but, instead of setting…