State v. Ricketts

Murphy, C. J., and Rodowsky, J., concur in part and dissent in part. Murphy, C. J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, at page 293 infra, in which Rodowsky, J., joins.

This case is a consolidation of seven separate criminal cases in the Court of Special Appeals and in the trial courts, involving nine defendants. The defendant Ricketts was convicted of larceny and a related offense in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. The remaining defendants were convicted of various offenses in the Criminal Court of Baltimore. All seven trials were nonjury, with each…