Bazzell v. State

The appellant, Gerald David Bazzell, was tried in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, without a jury, on two indictments. On the first indictment he was convicted of larceny and burglary and on the second indictment of breaking with intent to steal. He was sentenced to be committed to the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction for five years on each conviction, the sentences to run concurrently.

In this appeal it is contended that the appellant’s confession was not voluntarily given and that the evidence was legally insufficient to sustain his convictions.

The record indicates that a…