MD: Police Deliberately Obstructed Suspect's Rights, Court of Appeals Rules-
Bowie Teen Says Police Forced Confession After 51-Hour Interrogation --Lawyer Not Present
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals recently reversed
a court ruling that found a Bowie teenager guilty of a double homicide,
arguing that county police obstructed the suspect's rights, when
detectives elicited a confession by interrogating the suspect for
51-hours, without a lawyer present, and held the teen past a 24-hour
limit set by state law. Robert Angel Perez, Jr., the teenager charged
with the murders, was in county police custody well over the legal time
allowed without being granted his legal right to presentment, according
to court documents. Perez was in an interrogation room for three
dayswithout a lawyerwhile county detectives questioned him about the
murders.[more]
