Barnes v. State

The appellants were convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, of breaking a storehouse with the intent to steal goods of the value of $100 or more. They were indicted with another defendant, Warren Christopher Robinson, who was not tried with them nor was he present at the trial. Each appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years and appealed from the judgments and sentences. They raised four contentions:

1) That the evidence was insufficient to sustain the convictions ;

2) that the failure of the State to inform defense counsel of oral statements…