Cooper v. State

The appellant, Dennis Gary Cooper, in this Court assails the judgment of the Circuit Court for Cecil County in an effort to have that judgment reversed. To accomplish that end, Cooper has raised half a dozen issues, ranging from a defective criminal information in the first instance to erroneous advisory jury instructions.

THE FACTS

Cooper was tried before a jury on a four-count indictment filed March 20,1978, charging larceny of goods “of the value of One Hundred Dollars and upwards.” The indictment was in the normal form and as such contained the usual counts of receiving, petit larceny and…