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STATE v. BROWN

No. 1262, Sept. Term, 1999.

743 A.2d 262 (1999)

129 Md. App. 517

STATE of Maryland v. Shawn Patrick BROWN.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

December 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Grill Graeff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Nancy S. Foster, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MOYLAN, KENNEY, and JAMES S. GETTY (Ret., Specially Assigned), JJ.

MOYLAN, Judge.

Like the Rule in Shelley's Case and the Rule Against Perpetuities, the Best Evidence Rule is a treasured legal relic. As a practical matter, however, it is rapidly sinking into deeper and deeper obsolescence, as the error-fraught human activity which it was designed to circumscribe is being almost totally displaced by advancing technology. The single issue before us on this appeal by the State, pursuant to Md.Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. §...

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