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McDONALD v. STATE

No. 572, September Term, 1969.

10 Md. App. 258 (1970)

269 A.2d 193

JAMES ARTHUR McDONALD, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 5, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack E. Richards for appellant.

H. Edgar Lentz, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Charles E. Moylan, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Joseph G. Koutz, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

We reaffirm the rule established in this jurisdiction that a confession voluntarily given by an accused in custody is not rendered inadmissible by an illegal arrest.1 See Stewart v. State, 232 Md. 318; Nadolski v. State, 1 Md.App. 304. The "fruit" of an illegal arrest...

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