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RICHARDSON v. STATE

[No. 73, September Term, 1978.]

285 Md. 261 (1979)

401 A.2d 1021

PAUL EDWARD RICHARDSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Sause, Jr., District Public Defender, for appellant.

Stephen Rosenbaum, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.

COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

We must decide under the circumstances of this case whether the prosecuting witness was justifiably held in contempt for refusing to testify after asserting his privilege against self incrimination.

On March 23, 1978, before the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County, Paul Edward Richardson, appellant, was called as the prosecuting witness in the trial of James Copper, who...

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