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CRANE v. DUNN

No. 109, Sept. Term, 2003.

854 A.2d 1180 (2004)

382 Md. 83

Linda J. CRANE v. Annie V. DUNN.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 26, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen D. Keogh (Dennis J. Farina, Denton, on brief), for appellant.

William C. Parler, Jr. (Parler & Wobber, L.L.P., Towson, on brief), for appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and GREENE, JJ.

GREENE, J.

"In Maryland, a guilty plea to a traffic citation is admissible in a civil trial; its probative value is deemed to outweigh any prejudicial effect. An express acknowledgment of guilt to the charged offense in open court is far more probative than a questionable acknowledgment of culpability that might be inferred from paying a preset fine in lieu of going to court." Briggeman v. Albert, 322...

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