Legal Opinion

Ellison v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided August 3, 1987No. 3, September Term, 1986PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

We granted a petition for a writ of certiorari in this criminal case to review an opinion and decision by the Court of Special Appeals concerning the right of a non-party witness, who has been found guilty and sentenced on a criminal charge, to invoke the privilege against self-incrimination and refuse to testify on matters relating to that criminal charge. It appeared that the Court of Special Appeals’ opinion in the present case was in conflict with that court’s earlier opinion in McClain v. State, 10 Md.App. 106, 114, 268 A.2d 572, cert. denied, 259 Md. 733 (1970), and with…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  3. Namet v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Reina v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. United States v. Emanuel JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  5. Robinson v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992

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