Legal Opinion
State v. Madison
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 5, 1965No. [No. 408, September Term, 1965.]PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*267Oppenheimer, J.,
delivered the majority opinion of the Court. Horney and Barnes, JJ., dissent. Dissenting opinion by Horney, J., at page 275, infra.
In Schowgurow v. State, 240 Md. 121, 213 A. 2d 475, we held that because of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Torcaso v. Watkins, 367 U. S. 488 (1961), reversing the decision of this Court, the provision of Article 36 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights requiring demonstration of belief in God as a qualification for service as a grand or petit juror was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States…
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