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STATE v. RAITHEL

[No. 56, September Term, 1978.]

285 Md. 478 (1979)

404 A.2d 264

STATE OF MARYLAND v. THOMAS LEONARD RAITHEL

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah K. Handel, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

Victoria A. Salner, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

The single question before the Court is whether a trial court's use of an accused's silence at a prior suppression hearing to impeach his credibility when the defendant subsequently testifies at a second suppression hearing is permissible.

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