Pennington v. State
This text of 278 A.2d 76 (Pennington v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Special Appeals of Maryland primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The judgment entered in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County on 8 September 1969 upon John Francis Pennington’s plea of nolo contendere to a charge of bribery is reversed for the reason that the consent of the lower court to the entry of the plea was improper. It was improper because the record is utterly silent as to [264]*264whether Pennington had an intelligent understanding that he possessed the privilege against compulsory self-incrimination and the right to confront his accusers and voluntarily waived them. See Boykin v. Alabama, 89 S. Ct. 1709, decided 2 June 1969, as construed in McCall v. State, 9 Md. App. 191, cert. denied, Court of Appeals of Maryland, 2 June 1970. See also Williams v. State, 10 Md. App. 570.
Judgment reversed; case remanded for a new trial.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Related
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
278 A.2d 76, 12 Md. App. 263, 1971 Md. App. LEXIS 356, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/pennington-v-state-mdctspecapp-1971.