SIPPIO v. STATE

No. 70, September Term, 1997.

714 A.2d 864 (1998)

350 Md. 633

Dwayne SIPPIO v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Braudes, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender; Margaret L. Lanier, Asst. Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioner.

Annabelle L. Lisic, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, RAKER, WILNER and CATHELL, JJ.


CHASANOW, Judge.

In this appeal, we are called upon to address the following issues:

1. Did the trial court err in permitting a medical examiner to give opinion testimony as to a decedent's manner of death?

2. Does our ruling in Sahin v. State, 337 Md. 304, 653 A.2d 452 (1995), allowing a defendant on trial for a veracity impeaching offense to present evidence of his...

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