Wiggins v. State

The question in this case is whether the evidence was sufficient to prove that a homicide committed by Leonard Wiggins, Jr. (appellant) was murder in the first degree as found by the court sitting as a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore. Both appellant and the State argue on the predicate that the court found that' the murder was committed ip the perpetration of a robbery. Appellant claims and the State disputes that an intent to deprive the victim permanently of his property was not established.

THE EVIDENCE

As to the circumstances surrounding the actual commission of the homicide, the…