Coward v. State

Appellant, Ronald Earl Coward, was convicted on August 8, 1969 in the Criminal Court of Baltimore in a non-jury trial by Judge Irvine H. Rutledge of rape. Appellant was sentenced to twelve years under the supervision of the Department of Correctional Services. On appeal he presents four questions, namely:

1) Was the evidence sufficient to convict?

2) Was the situs of the crime as alleged in the indictment sufficiently proven ?

3) Was the identification by the victim of the appellant at the lineup tainted ?

4) Was the appellant’s statement to the police improperly admitted?

On the evening of May…