BANKS v. STATE

No. 1368, September Term, 1991.

92 Md. App. 422 (1992)

608 A.2d 1249

THELMA JEAN BANKS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

July 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria S. Lansburgh, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Kreg Paul Greer, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. and Stuart O. Simms, State's Atty. for Baltimore City, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MOYLAN, BISHOP and MOTZ, JJ.


MOTZ, Judge.

The central question presented by this case is whether statements made by a victim at various times prior to his death, of fear of his killer, were properly admitted into evidence to rebut evidence of battered spouse syndrome, self-defense, or hot blooded provocation. Because the victim's statements are hearsay and not admissible as exceptions to the hearsay rule, they should not have been admitted at trial. Accordingly, we must reverse the judgment of...

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