Legal Opinion
DeToro v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided February 20, 1967No. Civ. Nos. 16804, 13693, 14372PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioners in these three cases, State prisoners under sentence of death, have filed habeas corpus petitions based upon the decision of the Court of Appeals of Maryland in Sehowgurow v. State, 240 Md. 121, 213 A.2d 475 (1965), in which the Court held that the provisions 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, violated the Fourteenth Amendment and required a reversal of the conviction in that case. Sehowgurow was a Buddhist, who did not believe in God, but in State v. Madison, 240…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Schowgurow v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
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3Cited by8 opinions
- William Ralph v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Levene v. AntoneCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
- Pisani v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1968
- Brown v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- Cowans v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1967
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