Strawderman v. State

The appellant was found guilty at a court trial in the Crimi nal Court of Baltimore of robbery with a deadly weapon and assault. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 15 years on the robbery conviction and for a term of 2 years on the assault conviction to run consecutively with the robbery sentence. His appeal from the judgments requires a construction of the provisions of Chapter 709, Acts of 1967 which are codified in Md. Code (1968 Repl. Vol.) as Art. 59, §§ 7-12, title — “Eunatics and Insane,” subtitle — “Insanity as a Defense in Criminal Cases.” Chapter 709 repealed former §§…