LYTER v. STATE

No. 6, September Term, 1967.

2 Md. App. 654 (1968)

236 A.2d 432

RICHARD ALAN LYTER v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Somerville, Jr., for appellant.

Fred Oken, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Donald W. Mason, State's Attorney for Allegany County, and J. Frederick Sharer, Deputy State's Attorney for Allegany County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ANDERSON, MORTON, ORTH, and THOMPSON, JJ.


MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

On October 28, 1965, the court sitting without a jury found appellant guilty generally on a four-count armed robbery indictment and sentenced him to ten years in the Maryland Penitentiary. He contends on this appeal that his confession was involuntary and, as such, was improperly received in evidence over his objection at the trial.

The evidence adduced at the trial showed that at 1:30 a.m. on September 30...

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