Moore v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Petitioner Khiry Montay was convicted of first-degree felony murder and related offenses, including use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. The court of special appeals affirmed. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding (1) Petitioner's confession, which was obtained when he was one month past his sixteenth birthday, should have been suppressed as involuntary for several reasons, including the fact that the police unnecessarily delayed presenting Petitioner to a district court commissioner in order to interrogate him and the fact that the police ignored thirteen requests by Petitioner to speak to his mother; and (2) Petitioner was entitled to a new trial at which the State was prohibited from introducing evidence of Petitioner's inculpatory statement. Remanded.
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