England v. State

A jury, presided over by Judge J. William Hinkel, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, convicted James Lee Stanley England (England) and Thomas Edwards (Edwards), appellants, of rape, perverted practices and assault. Judge Hinkel sentenced both appellants to imprisonment for the balance of their natural lives for the commission of the rape and suspended the imposition of sentences on all remaining counts.

Appellants, in this Court, assert three reasons why the judgments should be reversed, scilicet:(1) The trial judge erred in failing to suppress evidence obtained as the result of an illegal…