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Moon v. Maryland, 1969 — 395 U.S. 975 · caselaw · US
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Moon v. Maryland
395 U.S. 975·Supreme Court of the United States·1969
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Opinion
No. 515,
Misc.
Moon v. Maryland.
Robert Anthony Jacques for petitioner.
Francis B. Burch, Attorney General of Maryland, Edward F. Borgerding, First Assistant Attorney General, and Thomas A. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Ct. App. Md. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted. Case transferred to appellate docket and set for argument immediately following No. 477 [ante, p. 918]. In addition to the questions presented by the petition for writ of certiorari, counsel requested to brief and argue question of retroactivity of North Carolina v. Pearce, ante, p. 711, and Simpson v. Rice, ante, p. 711.