James v. State

On August 14, 1963 at 12:45 P.M. the appellant, a resident of Washington, D. C. and one Frank Gorham were apprehended by the Montgomery County police in the act of ransacking a private residence in Silver Spring.

Linda Wehunt, age 15 years, testified that she was alone in her residence when she heard a knock at the front door. She looked out and saw the appellant and a man later identified as Gorham, but having been instructed never to answer the door to strangers in her parents’ absence, she did nothing. After several knocks, the appellant and his accomplice got into their car which was in…