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Winkles v. State

Citations

  • 392 A.2d 1173
  • 40 Md. App. 616
  • 1978 Md. App. LEXIS 273

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  • holding that only the State’s Attorney, and not a police officer, may agree not to prosecute, because a contrary holding “would infringe upon the discretion constitutionally committed to the State’s Attorney”
  • holding that only the State's Attorney, and not a police officer, may agree not to prosecute, because a contrary holding \would infringe upon the discretion constitutionally committed to the State's Attorney\
  • holding police officer did not have power to promise defendant nonprosecution or to bind the State’s attorney

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Judges: Gilbert, Davidson, Wilner

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