Grant v. State

BLACKWELL, Judge.

We are asked in this appeal to decide whether a defendant may be convicted of storehouse breaking with intent to steal goods in one jurisdiction, when he has previously been convicted of theft by possessing the same stolen goods in another jurisdiction. We shall hold that under the facts of this case, the collateral estoppel form of double jeopardy acts as a bar.

At approximately 5:45 a.m. on November 3, 1983, Baltimore City Police Officer William White (“White”) spotted a truck which was missing one of its registration tags parked behind an abandoned house in Baltimore City.…