Legal Opinion
Watson v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 10, 1978No. [No. 56, September Term, 1977.]PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Digges, Levine and Eldridge, JJ., dissent and Eldridge, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which Digges and Levine, JJ., concur at page 84 infra.
We shall here affirm the determination of the Court of Special Appeals in Watson v. State, 35 Md. App. 381, 370 A. 2d 1149 (1977), that appellant, Donald Ray Watson (Watson), effectively waived his right to have counsel present when he made an inculpatory statement. We granted the writ of certiorari to consider the matter in the light of Brewer v. Williams, 430 U. S. 387, 97 S. Ct. 1232, 51 L.Ed.2d 424 (1977).
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2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. Billy Gene ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by39 opinions
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