Ward v. State

On July 15, 1981, James Albert Ward, Jr., the appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County (Hopper, J.) in a trial before the court on Indictment No. 24.824 of arson, burglary and theft. On September 14, 1981, the appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County (Hopper, J.) in a trial before the court on Indictments Nos. 24,822, 24,823, and 24,825 of various other burglary and theft charges. All of these cases were consolidated for sentencing and on September 28, 1981, the appellant was committed to the custody of the Division of Correction for…