LEESON v. STATE

[No. 69, September Term, 1981.]

293 Md. 425 (1982)

445 A.2d 21

PHILIP EARL LEESON, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Christopher, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Michael A. Anselmi, Assistant Attorney 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.


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

This case presents the question whether it was reversible error for the trial court to exclude certain evidence proferred to show the petitioner's intent at the time of an alleged robbery on the ground that such evidence was irrelevant.

On 7 March 1980, in the Circuit Court for Harford County, the petitioner, Philip Earl Leeson, Jr., was charged with, among other things, robbery with a dangerous and deadly...

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