TIBBS v. STATE

No. 1618, September Term, 1986.

72 Md. App. 239 (1987)

528 A.2d 510

MARK TIBBS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Denied December 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Felipe Anderson, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Mary Ellen Barbera, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Kurt L. Schmoke, State's Atty., for Baltimore City and Ruth Finch, Asst. State's Atty., for Baltimore City, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before GILBERT, C.J., and BISHOP and POLLITT, JJ.


GILBERT, Chief Judge.

Preface

But for the fact that the evidence against Mark Tibbs was overwhelming, despite the assistant State's attorney's efforts to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, we would reverse this case and remand it for a new trial. Our review of the record, however, convinces us that the prosecutor's misdirected zeal did not deny Tibbs due process of law.

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