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TRAORE v. STATE

[No. 27, September Term, 1980.]

290 Md. 585 (1981)

431 A.2d 96

SEKOU SOUMANA TRAORE v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Bonnie A. Travieso, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

From 1790 to 1978 this country granted broad criminal and civil immunity for any foreign ambassador or minister and his domestic servants, 22 U.S.C. § 252 (1976).1 Effective December 29, 1978, Congress repealed this statute and allowed the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and Optional Protocol on Disputes ("Vienna Convention") to govern...

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