RAGLAND v. STATE

No. 52, September Term, 2004.

870 A.2d 609 (2005)

385 Md. 706

Jeffrey Louis RAGLAND, Jr. v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 18, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geraldine K. Sweeney, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Steven L. Holcomb, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

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


RAKER, J.

Appellant Jeffrey Ragland was convicted of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance in violation of Md.Code (2002, 2003 Cum.Supp.), § 5-602 of the Criminal Law Article. At trial, two police officers offered "lay opinion" testimony, based on their training and experience, that a particular series of events had constituted a drug transaction. Ragland appeals, arguing that such evidence should only have...

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