BABB v. STATE

No. 380, September Term, 1968.

7 Md. App. 116 (1969)

253 A.2d 783

WILLIE HENRY BABB v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 28, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Millard S. Rubenstein, with whom was Roland Walker on the brief, for appellant.

H. Edgar Lentz, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Charles E. Moylan, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Michael E. Kaminkow, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ANDERSON, MORTON, ORTH, and THOMPSON, JJ.


THOMPSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Willie Henry Babb, the appellant, was convicted of manslaughter by automobile in a nonjury trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore and was sentenced to a term of two years. He contends the trial judge erroneously admitted evidence of a prior conviction for drunkenness.

There was evidence to show that Babb operated a motor vehicle in an intoxicated condition, in a zigzag fashion, at a speed above the limit...

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