HAIRSTON v. STATE

No. 1610, September Term, 1985.

68 Md. App. 230 (1986)

511 A.2d 73

ALBERT W. HAIRSTON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Denied November 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Braudes, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Ann E. Singleton, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Kurt L. Schmoke, State's Atty. for Baltimore City and William McCullom, Asst. State's Atty. for Baltimore City on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Submitted Before WEANT and BISHOP, JJ., and JAMES S. GETTY, Associate Judge of the Court of Special Appeals (retired), Specially Assigned.


BISHOP, Judge.

After a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City appellant, Albert W. Hairston, was convicted of assault and carrying a weapon with intent to injure and was sentenced to ten years incarceration. Appellant asks:

I. Did the trial court err in permitting the prosecutor to impeach appellant's testimony with a prior conviction for manslaughter?

II. Did the trial court err in permitting the prosecutor to engage in an improper opening...

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