Cleckley v. State

Sam Cleckley, appellant, was convicted by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore on five counts of robbery. On appeal appellant contends: (1) That the trial court erred in admitting evidence seized from three pocketbooks during a warrantless search; (2) that he was denied a speedy trial; (3) that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions.

On the afternoon of January 10, 1976, at 1:40 p.m., a man, accompanied by a woman, entered Mondie’s Beauty Shop in Baltimore City. After producing a pistol, the man robbed Sarah Mondie, owner of the shop, and four other females of money and…