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Home » US Law » 2022 Maryland Statutes » Courts and Judicial Proceedings » Title 10 - Evidence » Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules » Section 10-912 – Failure to Take Defendant Before Judicial Officer After Arrest

    (a)    A confession may not be excluded from evidence solely because the defendant was not taken before a judicial officer after arrest within any time period specified by Title 4 of the Maryland Rules.

    (b)    Failure to strictly comply with the provisions of Title 4 of the Maryland Rules pertaining to taking a defendant before a judicial officer after arrest is only one factor, among others, to be considered by the court in deciding the voluntariness and admissibility of a confession.