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· 1/11/1979

Shope v. State

Citations

  • 396 A.2d 282
  • 41 Md. App. 161
  • 1979 Md. App. LEXIS 257

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • suppressing the defendant’s confession after an unreasonably long delay, but characterizing that decision as “burning the barn to get rid of the mice”
  • suppressing the defendant’s confession after an unreasonably long delay, but characterizing that decision as “burning the barn to get rid of the mice”
  • M.D.R. 723.a violated where defendant arrested at 6:45 a. m. and taken before magistrate at 7:00 p. m. where magistrate was “available at the police station 24 hours a day, 7 days a week”

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Judges: Moore, Lowe, Wilner

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