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RICKETTS v. STATE

[No. 167, September Term, 1979.]

291 Md. 701 (1981)

436 A.2d 906

RICHARD EUGENE RICKETTS v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 6, 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.

Richard B. Rosenblatt, 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.

COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. MURPHY, C.J., dissents and files a dissenting opinion at page 714 infra.

In this case we shall decide whether a prior conviction for indecent exposure was admissible to impeach the credibility of the defendant.

The facts may be stated briefly. Richard Eugene Ricketts was tried by a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County on charges of second degree rape, second degree sexual offense, and burglary...

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