Wilson v. State

Ham:mond, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

William W. Wilson was sentenced on July 6, 1960, by the Circuit Court for Allegany County to three years imprisonment for breaking and stealing property over the value of one dollar. He had plead guilty to the charge, and no appeal was noted from the judgment and sentence. He had plead not guilty to the other two counts of the indictment—larceny and receiving, and the State had accepted the pleas.

On February 17, 1961, Wilson filed a motion “to strike out and correct an illegal sentence under Rule 744 a * * That rule provides: “The court may…