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Bartram v. State

Citations

  • 374 A.2d 1144
  • 280 Md. 616
  • 1977 Md. LEXIS 872

How courts have described this case

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  • discussing the lengthy history of disfavoring dismissal of indictments on evidentiary grounds under Maryland Law
  • “The acid test of [the grand jury’s] actions, however, will come when the petit jury renders its verdict upon the charges they have brought.”
  • dismissal of indictment was inappropriate based on alleged prosecutorial misconduct before grand jury
  • “i’Bjoth this Court and the Court of Appeals have recognized this pivotal difference between a constitutional violation itself which will trigger the ‘fruit of the poisonous tree’ doctrine and a ‘mere Miranda’ violation which will not trigger that doctrine.”
  • grand jury is not a judicial arm but a prosecutorial arm
  • grand jury is not a judicial arm but a prosecutorial arm

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Judges: Murphy, Singley, Smith, Digges, Levine, Eldridge, Orth

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