Legal Opinion
Vines v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 27, 1979No. [No. 137, September Term, 1978.]PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOrth, J.
The question on this appeal is whether the Criminal Court of Baltimore erred in denying the motion of Jasper Vines, Jr. to suppress certain statements made by him while in the custody of the police. Vines was convicted by a jury of possession of heroin “in sufficient quantity to reasonably indicate under all the circumstances an intent to manufacture and distribute” the drug. He was sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction for a period of twenty years. 1
The question was one of those placed before the Court of Special Appeals on direct appeal. 2 That court held that the…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Oregon v. MathiasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ChackoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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- Bowers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
- Whitfield v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
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