Lamar v. State

David Leroy Lamar, the appellant, was convicted of assault with intent to rape and assault in a jury trial before Judge Matthew S. Evans of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. Lamar was sentenced to sixteen years.

There was evidence from which the jury could have found the following:

At about 1:30 on the morning of April 26, 1967 Carol Ann Cochran, the victim, left Patton’s Luncheon in Odenton, Anne Arundel County, with her friend, Robert Holland. They had been out that evening with Carol’s friends, Kathy North, Evelyn Roberts and Sharon Lee (Linda) Malone. The three girls, who were…