Taylor v. State

The appellant was convicted by the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County under an indictment charging assault “with intent to commit an unnatural sexual act, * * * to wit, Sodomy.” No question was raised as to the sufficiency of the indictment and it was conceded that the charge consisted of simple assault.

On the evening of April 30, 1955, State Trooper John E. Koons was patrolling Great Mills Road in St. Mary’s County when he noticed the appellant’s car turn from the highway onto a small private road. His suspicions aroused, he drove into the private road and pulled up behind the appellant’s…