Sparkman v. State

In a non-jury trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, appellant was found guilty of storehouse breaking with intent to steal goods over the value of $100.00, and rogue and vagabond, under the first and fifth counts of the same indictment, and sentenced to not more than two years in the Maryland Correctional Institution on each count, sentences to run concurrently.

On this appeal, appellant contends :

1. That the trial court erred in admitting into evidence hearsay testimony of statements made to the arresting officer by an alleged witness to the crime.

2. That the trial court erred in its…