Watkins v. State

Appellants Ronald S. Watkins and Waddell Kingwood, after being convicted of the crime of common law escape in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, were each sentenced to terms of imprisonment consecutive to the terms they were then serving for other offenses. Each appellant appealed the judgment against him, and the cases were thereafter consolidated in this Court.(1)

While the cases have been argued and briefed jointly, there are differences which we believe require that they be considered individually. We shall first discuss the Watkins case. Watkins was charged in a two count…