(DOWNLOAD) "Hillard v. Maryland" by Supreme Court of Minnesota # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Hillard v. Maryland
- Author : Supreme Court of Minnesota
- Release Date : January 05, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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The question posed for our consideration in this criminal cause is whether petitioner Samuel Hillards inculpatory statement was prompted by improper police inducement, thereby rendering its admission as evidence prejudicial error, requiring the reversal of his conviction in the Circuit Court for Prince Georges County for using a handgun in the commission of a felony. Md. Code (1957, 1976 Repl. Vol.), Art. 27, ? 36B(d). The trial court and the Court of Special Appeals found the statement in question to have been voluntarily made and thus properly admitted; however, we conclude that longstanding precedent of this Court portends a different answer. Since we further determine that the erroneous admission of this evidence was prejudicial to the defendant, his conviction may not stand.