Hammond v. State

The appellants, Joseph Elmer Hammond and Eugene Couser, were jointly indicted for robbery with a deadly weapon and allied offenses. Separate trials were had in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County but the two cases were consolidated on appeal. Appellant Hammond was convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon by a jury, Judge Kenneth C. Proctor presiding; appellant Couser was convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon by Judge Kenneth C. Proctor sitting without a jury. They were sentenced to terms of fifteen and ten years, respectively, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction.

Upon…