POOLE v. STATE

[No. 42, September Term, 1980.]

290 Md. 114 (1981)

428 A.2d 434

TIMOTHY CLYDE POOLE v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Deborah K. Handel and Stephen B. Caplis, Assistant Attorneys General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

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


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

Because a specific type of impeachment testimony placed in evidence by the State over defendant's objection egregiously impaired his ability to present his defense, we shall, in this case, reverse the defendant's conviction for murder and set aside his sentence of death.

Timothy Clyde Poole was convicted of premeditated murder, felony murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and use of a handgun in a crime of violence...

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