Legal Opinion
Gutridge v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 13, 1964No. [No. 47, September Term, 1964.]PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHenderson, C. J.
Prescott, J., concurs in the result.
The appellant was convicted, as a second offender, of control of narcotics. He contends that the testimony of his wife should have been excluded, since it disclosed a “confidential communication made by the one to the other,” in violation of Code (1957), Art. 35, sec. 4. He further contends that the narcotics put in evidence against him were obtained as a result of an illegal search.
The facts are virtually undisputed. On June 22, 1963, the appellant was in the custody of the Baltimore County Police, charged with assault on his wife, Janice. Another…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Wolfle v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Braxton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
- State v. DixsonMontana Supreme Court · 1927
- People v. MelskiNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Metz v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1970
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- State v. LittlejohnSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- State v. SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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