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SMITH v. STATE

No. 887, September Term, 1975.

31 Md. App. 310 (1976)

356 A.2d 320

FRANCES ESTER SMITH v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 15, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted by Jack B. Rubin and Lee Gordon, Assigned Public Defenders, for appellant.

Submitted by Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, John A. Austin, Assistant Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City and Joseph Wase, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, for appellee.

The cause was submitted on briefs to ORTH, C.J., and MENCHINE and MASON, JJ.

ORTH, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

On this appeal Frances Ester Smith does not challenge her conviction of murder in the second degree, entered in the Criminal Court of Baltimore on 2 April 1975 upon her plea of guilty thereto.1 She is unhappy, however, with her punishment. We trace the long and tortuous journey leading to the ultimate sentence imposed.

On 1 February 1973 in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, Mrs. Smith...

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