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CHANEY v. STATE

No. 662, September Term, 1978.

42 Md. App. 563 (1979)

402 A.2d 86

RICHARD MILES CHANEY v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford C. Peabody, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Valerie A. Leonhart, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis Bill Burch, Attorney General, Naji P. Maloof, State's Attorney for Calvert County, and Gerald K. Anders, Assistant State's Attorney for Calvert County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MOYLAN, MASON and MacDANIEL, JJ.

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

A criminal justice system, by its very nature, frequently involves the delicate balancing of competing interests. A society dedicated to human liberty must be ever vigilant that a suspect never be compelled to incriminate himself. That same society, legitimately concerned with protecting itself from its predators, must also be sensitive to the value of an admission or confession...

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