Gray v. State

Theodore Mitchell Gray (the defendant) was convicted by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Gray, C. J.) of carrying a deadly and dangerous weapon concealed upon and about his person in violation of Code (1951), Art. 27, sec. 44 (a) [now codified as Art. 27, sec. 36 (a) in the 1957 Code]. The defendant’s only contention on his appeal to this Court concerns the amendment of the state warrant immediately prior to the commencement of the trial.

On May 16, 1957, a justice of the peace in and for Prince George’s County issued a state warrant for the arrest of the defendant charging him,…