Legal Opinion
State v. Rogers
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 3, 1978No. 182; No. 378; No. 426PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, C. J.
The appellees in these consolidated appeals escaped from lawful confinement in the Maryland House of Correction at Jessup, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Each of the appellees was subsequently apprehended, returned to the custody of the Division of Correction, and indicted for the statutory offense of escape. Md. Ann. Code art. 27, § 139 (a). They continued their “struggle to escape” *1 by attacking the escape statute on the ground that it denied equal protection of the law to persons who escaped from any penal institution except those at Hagerstown, Maryland. Two judges of the Circuit Court…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Schilb v. KuebelSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Allied American Mutual Fire Insurance v. Commissioner of Motor VehiclesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- Whitfield v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1979