Prescoe v. State

Appellant, Jerome Prescoe, was tried by the Criminal Court of Baltimore, sitting without a jury, under a six count indictment charging, inter alia, the crime of statutory burglary (a misdemeanor) and grand larceny (a felony). A general verdict of guilty was rendered and appellant was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. He appeals from the judgment on the ground that his confession was improperly admitted in evidence.

The record shows that in the early morning hours of February 26, 1962, a store owned by Kramer’s West End Corporation in Baltimore, was broken into and 22 men’s suits valued at…