Conway v. State

Appellant was found guilty of rape (without capital punishment) by a jury in the Circuit Court for Garrett County and was thereafter sentenced by the court to sixteen years under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction. On this appeal from that judgment, his principal contentions are (a) that his confession was improperly admitted in evidence in violation of the principles enunciated in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436, and (b) that the State’s Attorney made a highly prejudicial closing argument to the jury which deprived him of a fair trial.

At approximately 11:00 p.m. on the night…