Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 15, 1956No. [No. 117, October Term, 1955.]PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHenderson, J.
The appellant was convicted of rape by Judges Michael Paul Smith and Stewart O. Day, sitting without a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, and sentenced to death. The single question presented on this appeal is whether the court committed reversible error in admitting in evidence a confession by the accused offered by the State.
The evidence presented by the State tended to show that Diana Mary Young, a white female child twelve years of age, was riding her bicycle south on Dulaney Valley Road at about 2 P. M. on June 4th, 1955. A young negro, driving a yellow and black Dodge…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by32 opinions
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