Muse v. State

SHARER, Judge.

James Muse was convicted, after a bench trial on an agreed statement of facts in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, on a single charge of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Muse’s conviction drew a sentence of ten years as a repeat offender, without the possibility of parole, and he appeals the judgment of conviction.

Muse asks this Court 1 to review his conviction by determining whether the trial court was wrong in (1) denying his motion to suppress and (2) accepting a jury trial waiver without a sufficient examination of him on the record as required by Maryland…