Sadler v. State

The Appellants, Weldon Anthony Sadler and Clifford Taylor Sadler, Jr., were indicted under identical four-count indict ments for (1) statutory rape, (2) rape, (3) assault with intent to rape, and (4) assault. They were found guilty in a non-jury trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County of statutory rape and rape. Before sentences were imposed, their motions to dismiss, based on the decision in Schowgurow v. State, 240 Md. 121, were granted and they were thereafter re-indicted on the same charges. The cases were removed to Carroll County and on May 11, 1966, in a non-jury trial, they…