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SCOTT v. STATE

[No. 108 September Term, 1979.]

289 Md. 647 (1981)

426 A.2d 923

JOSEPH H. SCOTT A/K/A ROZETTE WATERS v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Logan, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Diane G. Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.

COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. SMITH, J., dissents and files a dissenting opinion at page 656 infra.

Here we are called upon again to determine whether the procedure followed by a trial court at sentencing violated a defendant's rights to his prejudice.

The facts of this case can be stated succinctly. The appellant was convicted in a non-jury trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of a sexual...

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