Pennington v. State

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

Jerry Lee Pennington was convicted in the Circuit Court for Harford County of attempted breaking with intent to steal $300 or more, malicious destruction of property, and being a rogue and vagabond. The Court of Special Appeals reversed the attempted breaking conviction and remanded for a new trial consistent with its opinion; the intermediate appellate court upheld the other two convictions. Pennington v. State, 53 Md.App. 538, 454 A.2d 879 (1983). This Court then granted Pennington’s petition for a writ of certiorari, presenting the question of whether the trial court erred…