HOLCOMB v. STATE

No. 123, September Term, 1985.

307 Md. 457 (1986)

515 A.2d 213

KENNETH LEE HOLCOMB v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa M. Moore, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Ronald M. Levitan, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ.


RODOWSKY, Judge.

In this prosecution for murder the trial court admitted as a business record a contemporaneous memorandum, prepared by a police officer but not signed by the accused, which contained the accused's oral confession. We granted certiorari primarily to decide whether the State was required to prove that the accused had acknowledged the accuracy of the document's content. The State was not so required, as explained below.

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