Jackson v. State

This case concerns two appeals involving different cases in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, on two different indictments, tried before the same judge on two different days. In one case the judge presided over a jury that found the appellant guilty of robbery. In the other case, the appellant pled guilty to attempted robbery. The two sentences were exactly the same, except that one is concurrent with the other. "The rule of two” that seems to run through these two cases will prevail on appeal as there are two reversals and two remands.

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