STATE v. DUCKETT

No. 50, September Term, 1985.

306 Md. 503 (1986)

510 A.2d 253

STATE OF MARYLAND v. MARVIN NATHANIEL DUCKETT.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jillyn K. Schulze, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Mark Colvin, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

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


COLE, Judge.

We shall decide in this case whether a prior conviction for assault and battery is admissible to impeach the credibility of a witness.

The facts stipulated by the parties pursuant to Maryland Rule 828 g are as follows. In the early morning hours of March 27, 1983, outside a bar in Malcolm, Maryland, Marvin Nathaniel Duckett shot Charles Savoy. Duckett was charged with assault with intent to maim, assault, and carrying a weapon openly with intent...

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