Price v. State

Appellant Price was convicted in a non-jury trial of arson (Maryland Code (1971 Repl. Vol.), Art. 27, sec. 408), and murder in the first degree (Code (1971 Repl. Vol.), Art. 27, sec. 408), and sentenced to concurrent terms of life for the murder and ten years imprisonment for the arson. He contends on appeal that his confession was involuntary and its admission into evidence over his objection constituted reversible error, and that his conviction on the arson count merged into the felony murder count, thereby precluding separate sentences for the two offenses.

The evidence at trial showed that…