Bishop v. State

In this case, Robert Harvey Bishop, Jr., Petitioner, charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a minor and related offenses, and the State, Respondent, entered into an agreement entitled, “PLEA BARGAIN: EXPLANATION OF AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RIGHTS * * * NOT GUILTY, AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS PLEA.” Thereafter, during a judicial proceeding, the State presented Bishop’s confession, which was later suppressed by the Court of Special Appeals on Sixth Amendment grounds, as well as a recording of telephone conversations, in which Bishop was a party, that was never admitted into evidence, about which…