Bever v. State

The appellant was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County of daytime housebreaking with intent to commit grand larceny and grand larceny and sentenced generally to imprisonment for a term of 4 years.

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The case came on for trial at 3 :24 p.m. Out of the presence of the jury panel, counsel for the appellant requested a continuance because “the jury panel is sitting on its last day. They have been sitting here all day in court with nothing to do ex cept hang around. I am sure that every one of these jurors, if they are like I am, at this hour of the day are pretty…