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DENNIS v. WARDEN

No. 173, September Term, 1968.

6 Md. App. 295 (1969)

251 A.2d 909

JERRY DENNIS v. WARDEN, MARYLAND PENITENTIARY.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 13, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Millard S. Rubenstein (Roland Walker on the brief) for appellant.

Thomas N. Biddison, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Charles E. Moylan, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Robert W. Baker, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

This case presents the question of the admissibility in evidence at the appellant's trial in 1959 of statements made by him during custodial interrogation.

THE LAW

In Maryland the basic rule is that a confession is admissible if it is voluntarily made. "If freely and voluntarily given, it is admissible; if not it is inadmissible." Taylor v. State, 238 Md. 424

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