Logan v. State

Maryland District Rule 723 is addressed to policemen and judicial officers, and, in mandatory language, it imposes various procedural requirements upon those public officials.1 These procedures are designed to insure that a *489criminal defendant, soon after arrest, is informed of certain substantive rights and that any waiver of these substantive *490rights is knowing and voluntary. Among the requirements of M.D.R. 723 is the duty imposed on the police to take the defendant "before a judicial officer without unnecessary delay.” Since the original adoption of M.D.R. 723 (previously numbered 709) in…