Court of Appeals of Maryland· 8/27/1979

Lewis v. State

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404 A.2d 1073
285 Md. 705
1979 Md. LEXIS 270

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holding that instructions on the voluntariness of confessions are binding, not merely advisory, on the jury, and the jury should be instructed as such
holding that instructions on the voluntariness of confessions are binding, not merely advisory, on the jury, and the jury should be instructed as such
holding that instructions on the voluntariness of confessions are binding, not merely advisory, on the jury, and the jury should be instructed as such
recognizing as unsound “the common law rule precluding trial of an accessory until the principal is sentenced”
recognizing as unsound \the common law rule precluding trial of an accessory until the principal is sentenced\
noting that “the technical procedural rules accompanying the common law doctrine of accessoryship are illogical”

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Judges: Murphy, Smith, Digges, Eldridge, Cole, Davidson, Wilner

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