WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 455, September Term, 1971.

15 Md. App. 320 (1972)

290 A.2d 542

HARRY BENSON WILLIAMS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 16, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Kroop for appellant.

James G. Klair, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Milton B. Allen, State's Attorney for Baltimore City and J. Thomas Caskey, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and THOMPSON and GILBERT, JJ.


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

Harry Benson Williams complains of his convictions for possession and control of heroin by a jury sitting in the Criminal Court of Baltimore; concurrent sentences of five years were imposed. The basis for appellant's complaint is that the trial judge committed reversible error by admitting irrelevant and prejudicial evidence at the behest of an over zealous prosecutor. We agree. In order to put the case in proper perspective...

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