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PAPPACONSTANTINOU v. STATE

No. 29, Sept. Term, 1998.

721 A.2d 241 (1998)

352 Md. 167

Michael J. PAPPACONSTANTINOU v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tucker V. Clagett (Andrews, Schick, Bongar & Starkey, P.A., on brief), Waldorf, for petitioner.

Regina Hollins Lewis, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, RAKER, WILNER and CATHELL, JJ.

RAKER, Judge.

The question we must consider in this case is whether a confession elicited by a private individual is subject to Maryland's common law requirement of voluntariness. We shall hold that Maryland's common law voluntariness requirement does not apply to confessions elicited purely by private individuals.

I.

Michael Pappaconstantinou (also known as Pappas) was employed with Auto Row Auto Parts (Auto Row) in Waldorf, Maryland for approximately...

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