Adair v. State

Appellant was convicted by a jury of assault with intent to rape Florence Scheidt, and, under another indictment, of assault upon Mildred Harmon. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the first case, and to twenty years’ confinement in the second, the sentences to run consecutively.

The trial judge was correct in denying appellant’s prayers relating to abandonment of purpose. The factual situation did not justify their being granted. Appellant’s own testimony disclosed an assault with intent to rape. Cf. Duffin v. State, 229 Md. 434, 184 A. 2d 624.

The sentence of twenty years’ confinement…