MORGAN v. STATE

No. 1486, September Term, 1988.

79 Md. App. 699 (1989)

558 A.2d 1226

GLENMORE A. MORGAN v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

June 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy S. Forster, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Gwynn X. Kinsey, Jr. (Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baltimore, and Andrew L. Sonner, State's Atty., for Montgomery County, Rockville, on the brief), for appellee.

Submitted before GARRITY, ALPERT and BLOOM, JJ.


ALPERT, Judge.

We are called upon to decide whether requiring a defendant to don an article of clothing in the courtroom in front of the jury so that the jury may see if the article of clothing fits violates his privilege against compelled self-incrimination under the 5th Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article 22 of Maryland's Declaration of Rights.

In the case before us, Glenmore Morgan, appellant, was charged with possession of cocaine with...

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