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BENNETT v. STATE

[No. 101, September Term, 1964.]

236 Md. 637 (1964)

204 A.2d 683

BENNETT v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 16, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Rankin, with whom was Robert Eugene Smith on the brief, for the appellant.

Roger D. Redden, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General, J. Elmer Thompson, Jr., State's Attorney for Queen Anne's County, and Julian B. Stevens, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, on the brief, for the appellee.

The cause was argued before HENDERSON, C.J., and HAMMOND, HORNEY, SYBERT and OPPENHEIMER, JJ.

PER CURIAM:

Convicted of the rape of a fifteen-year old girl and sentenced to a term of fifteen years, the appellant contends that the evidence presented to a three-judge court was insufficient to show force and a lack of consent. We do not agree. There was evidence to support the verdict. Cf. Hazel v. State, 221 Md. 464. The major contention seems to be that court-appointed counsel at the trial was incompetent, relying upon...

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