Miller v. State

The appellant, James Bernard Miller, was jointly indicted with two other defendants for rape, which allegedly occurred on November 7, 1961, in Baltimore City. He requested a removal and the case was transferred to Baltimore County. A severance was granted, he was tried before a judge without a jury on June 13, 1962, resulting in his being found guilty of rape, and sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. On appeal from this judgment and sentence he contended only that the trial judge committed prejudicial error by permitting an extra-judicial statement of a codefendant to be introduced into…