Pope v. State

Eldridge, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part at page 354 infra.

Joyce Lillian Pope was found guilty by the court in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County under the 3rd and 5th *312counts of a nine count indictment, no. 18666. The 3rd count charged child abuse, presenting that “on or about April 11, 1976, ... while having the temporary care, custody and responsibility for the supervision of Demiko Lee Norris, a minor child under the age of eighteen years [she] did unlawfully and feloniously cause abuse of said minor child in violation of Article 27, Section 35A of the…