Legal Opinion
Dennis v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 13, 1969No. 173, September Term, 1968PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOrth, J.
This case presents the question of the admissibility in evidence at the appellant’s trial in 1959 of statements made by him during custodial interrogation.
THB LAW
In Maryland the basic rule is that a confession is admissible if it is voluntarily made. “If freely and voluntarily given, it is admissible; if not it is inadmissible.” Taylor v. State, 238 Md. 424, 429. This has always been the ultimate test of admissibility and it is still the crucial test. McChan v. State, 238 Md. 149, 158-159. The voluntariness test was followed in this State more than half a century before it was applied in…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by28 opinions
- State v. KiddCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
- Walker v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1971
- Lodowski v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
- Scott v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1969
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