Crowder v. State

SMITH, Judge.

We shall hold in this case that the Court of Special Appeals erred in its determination that appellant Brodie Crowder had “by his own conduct ... waived his right to counsel.” Accordingly, we shall reverse the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals in Crowder v. State (Unreported, No. 1040, September Term, 1984, decided April 19, 1985).

Crowder was convicted of burglary in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County and sentenced to a term of twenty-five years imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In affirming that judgment the Court of Special Appeals said:

“The record…