Bergin v. State

The Appellant was convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore on December 14, 1966, of attempted armed robbery, possession of barbiturates and carrying a concealed weapon. He was sentenced to twenty years for the armed robbery, one year for the concealed weapon and fined $100 on the barbiturate conviction, all sentences to run consecutively. Written pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity and not guilty generally had been entered by the Appellant. He was found, by a jury, to be sane at the time of the crimes and sane at the time of his trial.

Two questions are presented in this appeal:

“1.…