STURGIS v. STATE

[No. 385, September Term, 1963.]

235 Md. 343 (1964)

201 A.2d 681

STURGIS v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 25, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry F. Lankford for appellant.

John W. Sause, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General, and W. Ross Hockersmith, State's Attorney for Worcester County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT, MARBURY and SYBERT, JJ.


HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant and Paul Pettigrew were jointly indicted for the murder of Daniel Massey in Worcester County. Pettigrew pleaded guilty. The appellant pleaded not guilty, elected trial by jury, and was found guilty of murder in the first degree without capital punishment. Two statements made by the accused were put in evidence, the second constituting a confession, and the propriety of its admission constitutes the first...

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