Legal Opinion

Bellamy v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided January 16, 1998No. 788, Sept. Term, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLLANDER, Judge.

Fred Bellamy, Jr., appellant, was tried by a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (G.R. Hovey Johnson, J., presiding). Following his conviction for robbery with a deadly weapon, robbery, felony theft, and assault, appellant lodged an appeal to this Court and presents two questions for review:

I. Did the trial court err by making inappropriate comments to the jury?

II. Did the trial court err by imposing separate sentences for offenses that should have merged?

We shall affirm the convictions. Nevertheless, we agree with appellant that his sentence for felony theft…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. State v. HutchinsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
  4. State v. HawkinsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
  5. Dempsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976

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