STRAUGHN v. STATE

[No. 21, September Term, 1983.]

297 Md. 329 (1983)

465 A.2d 1166

RONALD IRVING STRAUGHN A/K/A DONALD STRAUGHN v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. DeLano, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Valerie V. Cloutier, 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, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.


MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court abused its discretion by admitting appellant's "mug shot" as substantive evidence of an extrajudicial photographic identification.

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