Bundy v. State

MOYLAN, Judge.

The appellant, Melvin Bundy, was convicted by a Baltimore City jury of the theft of goods of a value of $300 or more. On this appeal, he raises the following two contentions:

1) That the trial judge erred in permitting the State to exercise an excessive number of peremptory challenges; and

2) That the trial judge erred in permitting the appellant’s trial to go forward in his absence.

Legislative Intent: The Meaning of “Party”:

The appellant’s trial was consolidated with that of a codefendant. The two were being tried for a crime that does not carry a possible sentence of death, life…