Marrs v. State

Appellant, Gerald Lawrence Marrs, convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Cecil County of arson under Md. Ann. Code art. 27, § 7, and sentenced to seventeen years imprisonment with the last five years suspended, presents in this appeal a question of first impression in this State — whether a statement or confession resulting from a parole officer’s questioning, although aimed solely at the parole function, may be admitted in a criminal prosecution where not preceded by Miranda warnings. 1

Appellant, taken into custody by two Cecil County police officers on trespassing charges, was…