Weddle v. State

Appellant, Gene David Weddle, was convicted of assault in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County by Judge E. Mackall Childs, sitting without a jury, and sentenced to eight years under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction. He appeals from the judgment.

On appeal, appellant raises four contentions:(1) That it was constitutional error for the State to pray a jury trial in the People’s Court and for the Circuit Court to try the case without an information or indictment being filed or a preliminary hearing held.(2) That appellant was deprived by the lower court of the effective…