CHAPMAN v. STATE

No. 133, September Term, 1992.

331 Md. 448 (1993)

628 A.2d 676

JOHN V. CHAPMAN v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret Lanier, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Ann N. Bosse, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, ROBERT M. BELL and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge of the Court of Appeals (retired, specially assigned), JJ.


CHASANOW, Judge.

In 1978, as part of a large-scale revision of Maryland's theft and bad check laws, the General Assembly enacted S.B. 1153. Chapter 849 of the 1978 Acts of Maryland. One section of that comprehensive statutory scheme is now Maryland Code (1957, 1992 Repl.Vol.), Article 27, § 142(c).1 Section 142(c) provides a narrow exception to the hearsay rule, permitting the State to introduce an affidavit of a bank to establish...

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