Pennington v. State

WENNER, Judge.

Jean Pennington, the appellant, entered an “Alford” plea 1 in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, to a charge of obstruction of justice and was sentenced to time already served. The charge stemmed from the alleged stabbing of Susannah Sennett, in the District of Columbia, in order to dissuade Ms. Sennett from testifying in a pending Maryland assault case. Appellant argues that, because every act attributed to her occurred in the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland lacked jurisdiction to try or punish her. We disagree and shall affirm.

It seems to us that the appellant…