Bright v. State

The appellant was convicted of unauthorized use of a 1966 Oldsmobile in violation of Article 27, Section 349 of the Code by a jury in the Circuit Court of Kent County on November 14, 1966. He was sentenced to serve two years in the Maryland House of Correction in Hagerstown.

On appeal, the appellant contends that (a) there was insufficient corroboration of the testimony of the appellant’s accomplices to support the jury’s verdict and (b) that the court should have granted the appellant’s motion for a continuance.

Robert McCoin, one of the accomplices, testified that on Friday, February 18,…