Court of Special Appeals of Maryland January 10, 1979, 352, September Term, 1978 (Bell v. State)

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Lowe, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

- the law -

“ ‘Tis funny about th’ constitution,” said

Mr. Dooley on the Choice of Law,

“[i]t reads plain, but no wan can undherstant it without an interpretation.” And what could be plainer than the simple elliptical phrase in the fifth amendment of our Constitution:

“No person shall...