STATE v. BRANTNER

No. 135, Sept. Term, 1999.

758 A.2d 84 (2000)

360 Md. 314

STATE of Maryland v. John E. BRANTNER, Jr.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leigh S. Halstad, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Md., on brief), Baltimore, for Appellant.

No argument on behalf of Appellee.

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


BELL, Chief Judge.

The issue this case presents is whether a photocopy of a letter, written by a judge and sent to the parties to the case over which the judge was presiding, is, while in the possession, lawfully obtained, of the defendant, a public record, the willful and unauthorized alteration of which is proscribed by Maryland Code (1957, 1996 Repl.Vol.) Art. 27, § 45A (b).1 Concluding

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