Hughes v. State

Appellant, together with three codefendants—Gerry White, Monroe Clark and Melvin Gorham—was indicted for “wilfully and maliciously” setting ñre to and burning the storehouse at 601 N. Edgewood Street in violation of Maryland Code, Article 27, Section 7. In a joint trial before the court sitting without a jury, White, Clark and Gorham were acquitted, while appellant was convicted and sentenced to four years under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction. He contends on this appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction.

On April 10, 1968, in the wake of several…