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BROWN v. STATE

No. 215, September Term, 1977.

38 Md. App. 192 (1977)

379 A.2d 1231

MELVIN WINFIELD BROWN v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 8, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted by O. Daniel Kadan, Assigned Public Defender, for appellant.

Submitted by Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Alexander L. Cummings, Assistant Attorney General, Sandra A. O'Connor, State's Attorney for Baltimore County, and Steven J. Scheinin, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore County, for appellee.

The cause was submitted on briefs to THOMPSON, MELVIN and WILNER, JJ.

THOMPSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Melvin Winfield Brown, the appellant, pleaded guilty to common law assault in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, and was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment by Judge William R. Buchanan, Sr. In this appeal he poses a single question:

"Did the trial court violate the appellant's constitutional guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment?"

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