Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided October 1, 1982No. [No. 65, October Term, 1953.] [No. 82, October Term, 1953.]PublishedCited by 91 opinions

October Term, 1953.]

1Opinion of the Court

SOBELOFF, ,C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The interest and importance that attach to the issues raised in this case are vastly disproportionate to. the small fines imposed by the Criminal Court of Baltimore City — $25 and $50 on the appellants Williams and Jones upon their conviction on one count and two counts respectively — for assault and battery on police officers and a police matron. We permitted consolidation of the appeals because the convictions were based upon facts practically identical.

Appellants contend that the charges of assault and battery cannot be sustained, since…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Clyde Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. McDonald v. PlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. United States v. ReidSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
  4. Woodward v. LeavittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
  5. Wright v. Illinois & Mississippi Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1866

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3Cited by91 opinions

  1. MacK v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
  2. Andresen v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
  3. Shell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
  4. Oxtoby v. McGowanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
  5. Poole v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983

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