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STATE v. CONN

[No. 19, September Term, 1979.]

286 Md. 406 (1979)

408 A.2d 700

STATE OF MARYLAND v. JOHN FRANCIS CONN

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Sweeney, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

Bradford C. Peabody, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.

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

We hold that in this case the Court of Special Appeals erred in concluding that the testimony here in controversy constituted an opinion by a lay witness on the ultimate issue of sanity. Consequently, we shall reverse the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals in Conn v. State, 41 Md.App. 238, 396 A.2d 323 (1979).

We here conclude...

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