Court Opinion

ID: 9734066
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 17:24:24.789925+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:45.354765
License: Public Domain

Moore, J.,

dissenting:

The majority opinion concedes that the police officer was not asked nor did he testify as to whether or not he promised to assist the appellant “in getting out on personal bond that night,” as appellant had testified. In my view, the decision of the Court of Appeals in Streams v. State, 238 Md. 278, 208 A. 2d 614 (1965) required a specific denial of those specific words. I do not agree that Streams is distinguishable and I conclude that the State failed in its obligation to show preliminarily that the statements of the appellant were voluntary since it failed to recall the police officer to refute, if he could, appellant’s charge of a promise to be released on personal bond and go home that evening. Accordingly, I would reverse and remand for a new trial.