Thomas v. State

Norman Irvin Thomas, the appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County by Judge Roscoe H. Parker, sitting with a jury, under three separate indictments. The first charged grand larceny and receiving stolen goods over the value of one hundred dollars ($100.00) while the second and third each charged robbery with a deadly weapon, assault with intent to rob with a deadly weapon and robbery.

In the early morning hours of January 2, 1965, Thomas and Earl Wayne Tolson entered a Texaco service station in Brandy-wine, Prince George’s County. After the two men had told the…