EBERHARDT v. STATE, 236 Md. 608 (1964)

203 A.2d 267

EBERHARDT v. STATE

[No. 428, September Term, 1963.]Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Decided September 23, 1964.

CRIMINAL LAW — Receiving Stolen Goods — Evidence Held Sufficient To Convict — Claim That Statement Was Improperly Obtained — Trial Court Fully Justified In Believing Police Officers Who Denied Making Any Promises, Particularly When Defendant Himself Admitted That No Bargain Was Made. pp. 608-609

Decided September 23, 1964.

Appeal from the Criminal Court of Baltimore (GRADY, J.).

Jerry G. Eberhardt was convicted of receiving stolen goods, by the trial court, sitting without a jury, and from the judgment entered thereon, he appeals.

Affirmed.

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

Morris Lee Kaplan, with whom was Michael Lee Kaplan on the brief, for the appellant.

Fred Oken, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General, William J. O’Donnell, State’s Attorney for Baltimore City, and George J. Helinski, Assistant State’s Attorney, on the brief, for the appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, convicted of receiving stolen goods, contends

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on appeal that the evidence was insufficient and that a statement implicating himself was improperly obtained because of an alleged promise to release his girl friend. Without reviewing the evidence we think it is only necessary to state that we find it sufficient. The trial court was fully justified in believing the police officers who denied making any promises, particularly when the appellant himself admitted that there was no bargain made.

Judgment affirmed.