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SALSBURG v. MARYLAND.

No. 38.

346 U.S. 545 (1954)

74 S.Ct. 280

98 L.Ed. 281

SALSBURG v. MARYLAND.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 11, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Myerberg argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

By special leave of Court, pro hac vice, Ambrose T. Hartman, Assistant Attorney General of Maryland, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Edward D. E. Rollins, Attorney General, and J. Edgar Harvey, Deputy Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The ultimate issue here is whether Maryland has violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by authorizing its courts, in prosecutions in Anne Arundel County for certain gambling misdemeanors, to admit evidence procured by illegal search or seizure. The violation is charged because Maryland, at the same time, prohibits the admission of such evidence in like prosecutions in other counties,...

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