Carwell v. State

On October 4, 1966, the appellant was convicted of assault upon a police officer acting in his official capacity in violation of Maryland Code, Art. 27, § 11B and of the common-law offense of resisting arrest, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, before Judge J. Gilbert Prendergast, presiding without a jury. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of two years on the assault charge and one year on the charge of resisting arrest, the sentences to run concurrently.

On this appeal, the appellant contends that:

1) The trial court erred in denying a motion for judgment of acquittal.

2) The verdict…