Rothe v. State

Like a troubled spirit adrift on Walpurgis Night, an almost forgotten relic of long repudiated caselaw eerily resurfaces to haunt the convictions of the appellant, Wayne Rothe, for second-degree and fourth-degree burglary, for the malicious destruction of property, and for theft in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City by a jury, presided over by Judge Althea M. Handy. This holding should lay to rest that misbegotten ghost.

The Contentions

On this appeal, the appellant raised two contentions. He claims

1. that the State's evidence was legally insufficient to sustain the convictions, and

2. that…