Legal Opinion
Whitfield v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 11, 1979No. 793, September Term, 1978PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, C. J.
A cadet guard at the Baltimore City Jail surreptitiously carried a handgun into the jail and delivered it to an inmate who intended to use the weapon to effect an escape. The plot was revealed before the escape occurred. As a result, the appellants, Conrad Whitfield (Whitfield), Nigel Little (Little), and Peteta Davis (Davis)* 1 were indicted by the Grand Jury for Baltimore City and charged with conspiracy to violate the Maryland statute proscribing escape from jail. Md. Ann. Code art. 27, § 139(a). 2 Whitfield, a then jail inmate, and Little, a then cadet guard, were also charged with a…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Baxter v. PalmigianoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. DinitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Mathis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Whitfield v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1982
- Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- Tabbs v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
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