ROBERTS v. STATE

No. 14, September Term, 1983.

298 Md. 261 (1983)

469 A.2d 442

GREGORY BERNARD ROBERTS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Smith, Jr., Baltimore, for appellant.

Richard B. Rosenblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Baltimore, on the brief), for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.


RODOWSKY, Judge.

The principal issue on this appeal from a rape conviction involves alleged error in the admission of evidence. A law enforcement officer was allowed to express the opinion that Shellcross Sniffer (Sniffer) had indicated that a cap known to have been worn by the rapist had been worn by the accused. Sniffer is a dog.

Gregory Bernard Roberts (Roberts or Petitioner) was convicted at a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Kent County of first degree...

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