Legal Opinion

Cook v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided April 6, 1977No. 385, September Term, 1976PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.

The appellant, Bruce Alton Cook, was convicted at a bench trial in the Circuit Court for Harford County of robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon. He was sentenced to a term of fourteen years.

On appeal the appellant contends:

I. That the evidence seized from his apartment should have been suppressed because the warrantless search was illegal.

II. That the evidence seized from his apartment should have been suppressed under the doctrine of res judicata or collateral estoppel.

III. That the appellant was denied due process of law because the trial judge refused to disqualify himself.

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. McDonald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. Harold B. Dorman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
  5. United States v. Thomas D. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Cook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
  2. State v. JordanOregon Supreme Court · 1980
  3. State v. DoucetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  4. State v. StockertNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2004
  5. S.W. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1997

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