Howell v. State

Appellant was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Caroline County of storehouse breaking and larceny and was thereafter sentenced to a term of ten years imprisonment. He contends on this appeal (a) that certain statements made by him to the police were introduced in evidence in violation of the principles of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436, and (b) that he was convicted upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice.

The evidence at trial showed that at 5 :18 a.m. on Sunday, July 2, 1967, the police were notified that the burglar alarm at Cos’s Tavern had been actuated. Two…