Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Warden
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 24, 1972No. App. No. 62, September Term, 1972PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOrth, J.
In Maryland the punishment upon conviction of rape is prescribed by statute. Code, Art. 27, § 461 provides:
“Every person convicted of a crime of rape or as being accessory thereto before the fact shall, at the discretion of the court, suffer death, or be sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for the period of his natural life, or under go a confinement in the penitentiary for not less than eighteen months nor more than twenty-one years; * *
The statute applies to all cases in which a jury trial has been waived and the conviction rendered by the court as the trier of fact. It applies…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- McCoy v. WardenCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Bartholomey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- Hopkins v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1973
- England and Edwards v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- Younie v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1973
- England v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1974
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