Legal Opinion

Powers v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided January 16, 1987No. 620, September Term, 1986PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KARWACKI, Judge.

On November 26, 1985, Michael Edward Braitsch was killed in an automobile collision which occurred at Washington Boulevard and Monroe Street in Baltimore City. The ensuing investigation by the Baltimore City Police Department revealed evidence that Clyde Jackson Powers, the appellant, had operated one of the automobiles involved in that accident, but that he had left the scene immediately thereafter without identifying himself or rendering aid to the persons injured in the collision.

The appellant was arrested and brought before a District Court commissioner on December 3,…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Illinois v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Grafton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Gianiny v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
  2. State v. BoydSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
  3. In Re Darren M.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
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  5. Harris v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1992

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