HUSTON v. STATE

No. 639, September Term, 1976.

35 Md. App. 455 (1977)

371 A.2d 449

MELODI MARIE HUSTON A/K/A WANDA LEE KING v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria A. Salner, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Leroy Handwerger, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Gilbert H. Robinette, Assistant Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Nelson Stewart, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MORTON, POWERS and MASON, JJ.


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

Melodi Marie Huston, appellant, was convicted of second degree murder by a jury sitting in the Criminal Court of Baltimore (Levin, J., presiding) and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment. In this appeal she first contends that the "trial court improperly cut off appellant's right to impeach the credibility of State's witness Michael Burton with reference to a prior conviction...

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