JOHNSON v. STATE

[No. 70, September Term, 1977.]

282 Md. 314 (1978)

384 A.2d 709

WADE IGLEHART JOHNSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Carlson for appellant.

Stephen B. Caplis, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.


LEVINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH and ORTH, JJ., dissent. ORTH, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, J., join at page 333 infra. MURPHY, C.J., filed a dissenting opinion in which SMITH and ORTH, JJ., join at page 342 infra.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether voluntary incriminatory statements, given after a valid waiver of...

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