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BRITTINGHAM v. STATE

No. 1109, September Term, 1984.

63 Md. App. 164 (1985)

492 A.2d 354

JAMES BRITTINGHAM, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

May 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sally C. Chester, Baltimore (Roland Walker and Walker, Rubin & Van Bavel, P.A., Baltimore, on brief), for appellant.

Diane G. Goldsmith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Kurt L. Schmoke, State's Atty. for Baltimore City and Gary D. Schenker, Asst. State's Atty. for Baltimore City, Baltimore, on brief), for appellee.

Argued before MOYLAN, GARRITY and ALPERT, JJ.

ALPERT, Judge.

A request for counsel is not always relevant to the voluntariness of a confession. Startling? Not under the unique circumstances of this appeal.

I. THE FACTS

This case arises from a break-in at the home of Joseph and Debra Kiss in Baltimore City which occurred shortly after midnight on October 10, 1982. The break-in was carried out by two male intruders, one armed with a handgun and the other with a knife. Mr. and Mrs. Kiss and their...

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