Legal Opinion
Driver v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 16, 2001No. [No. 16, October Term, 1952.]PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.
Jeremiah Driver, a Negro, 22 years old, is appealing here from a conviction by the Criminal Court of Baltimore for rape. He was tried for assault and sodomy upon one Negress and assault and rape upon another. The crimes were committed on the night of January 10, 1952.
The first girl attacked was Edna Hart, 19. She testified that at about 7 o’clock, while walking on Central Avenue on her way home from her work at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, appellant grabbed her, showed a pistol, and warned her not to scream. He walked with her for a number of blocks and took her into an alley, where he forced…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Watts v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Turner v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Harris v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Murphy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
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3Cited by60 opinions
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- State v. PopeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
- Ball v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
- Scott v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
- State v. KunzSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1969
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