Howard v. State

Appellant, Alvin L. Howard, with codefendant Samuel Thomas, was tried by Judge Harlan without a jury, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, and found guilty of attempt to commit a storehouse breaking with the intent to steal goods and chattels of the value of $100 or more. Howard was sentenced to four years in the Maryland Correctional Institution for Men.

On October 2, 1964, Officer Jerome Bucolla of the Baltimore City police saw appellant and Thomas tampering with the door of Quality Poultry, Inc., located at 217 South Hanover Street, Baltimore, Maryland. When the officer ordered the men to…