Opinion
[App. No. 142, September Term, 1964.]
Decided July 2, 1965.
POST CONVICTION PROCEDURE ACT — Contention Not Raised Below Is Not Before This Court On Application For Leave To Appeal. p. 701
CRIMINAL LAW — Confession — Mere Exhortation To Tell Truth Would Not Necessarily Render Confession Inadmissible — Claim That Accused Was Not Advised Of His Right To Remain Silent Of No Avail. p. 701
Decided July 2, 1965.
Leroy Sylvester Burke instituted a proceeding under the Post Conviction Procedure Act, and from a denial of relief, he applied for leave to appeal.
Application denied.
Before the entire Court.
Leroy S. Burke, in seeking leave to appeal from the order denying him post conviction relief from his imprisonment for armed robberies and an assault with intent to murder, presents three questions. The first contention that his confession was coerced and therefore involuntary is hereby denied for the reasons stated in the opinion filed by Judge Cullen in the lower court. The second contention that he was induced to make the confession by an exhortation to tell the truth was apparently not raised below and is therefore not before us. In any case, a mere exhortation to tell the truth would not necessarily render the confession inadmissible. Ralph v. State, 226 Md. 480. The third contention that he was not advised of his right to remain silent is hereby denied on the basis of Cowans v. State, 238 Md. 433.
Application denied.