STATE v. WOODLAND

No. 91, September Term, 1994.

337 Md. 519 (1995)

STATE OF MARYLAND v. YANCEY J. WOODLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Bair, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Michael R. Braudes, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ., and JOHN F. McAULIFFE, J. (Retired and Specially Assigned).


RAKER, Judge.

This case presents the question of whether a witness's prior conviction for possession of controlled dangerous substances with intent to distribute is admissible for purposes of impeachment under Maryland Rule 1-502.1 We hold that it is.

I.

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