Johnson v. State

We shall here hold the Court of Special Appeals correctly determined that the provisions of former Maryland Rule 753 (now Rule 755) relative to sequestration of witnesses is mandatory and that there is no exception in it for a principal investigator. We shall further hold, however, that it erred in determining that a violation of Maryland Code (1957, 1971 Repl. Yol., 1974 Cum. Supp.) Art. 27, § 230A (welfare fraud) merged into a violation of Code (1957, 1971 Repl. Vol., 1972 Cum. Supp.) Art. 27, § 140 (false pretenses), rather than vice versa.

Appellant, Clarence Harris Johnson (Johnson), was…