Brown v. State

The appellant, Johnnie Brown, was indicted by the Grand Jury foi; Wicomico County on September 9, 1958, on a charge of murder. After various preliminary motions, the case was removed to Dorchester County for trial, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death, but, on appeal, this Court reversed and remanded the case for a new trial (220 Md. 29).

The evidence produced by the State at the second trial showed that on September 6, 1958, Johnnie Brown went to the Acme Market and to Ralph & Gaskill, a men’s clothing store, in Salisbury and attempted to pass…