Williams v. State

On November 9, 1967, the appellant, John Franklin Williams, was convicted by a jury of common law assault and resisting arrest, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Judge John' Grason Turnbull presiding. Appellant was sentenced to five years imprisonment under the Maryland Department of Correction on the assault conviction, with a general suspended sentence on the resisting arrest conviction.

Appellant raises three contentions on appeal:

1. That the trial court abused its discretion in not granting the appellant a change of venue from Baltimore County.

2. That the appellant’s arrest was…