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4 Md. App. 154

Bright v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · decided 1968-05-13

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently July 1968

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Decided 1968-05-13

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¶1On May 22, 1967, the appellant, Clarence Bright, was convicted of burglary in the Criminal Court of Baltimore before Judge James K. Cullen, sitting without a jury. Appellant was sentenced to three years in the Maryland House of Correction.

¶2Appellant’s sole contention raised on this appeal is that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the conviction.

¶3The thrust of the appellant’s contention is that since the evidence produced at trial established that the offense occurred between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. an essential element of burglary is absent, namely, the commission of the offense in the nighttime.

¶4*155The indictment under which the appellant was convicted alleges “that Clarence Bright feloniously committed burglary in the nighttime of the dwelling of Leatrice Johnson We therefore find that appellant’s contention is well taken.

¶5Here the uncontradicted evidence, according to the stipulation entered into between counsel for the appellant and the assistant State’s attorney, shows that the alleged burglary occurred between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., which would be in the daytime and not in the nighttime as alleged in the indictment under which appellant was convicted. The judgment must therefore be reversed.

¶6Judgment reversed and case remanded for a new trial.

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