BERNADYN v. STATE

No. 91, September Term, 2003.

887 A.2d 602 (2005)

390 Md. 1

Michael Joseph BERNADYN v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 8, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrie Leonetti and Michael R. Braudes, Asst. Public Defenders (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioner.

Diane E. Keller, Asst. Atty. General (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. General, on brief), Baltimore, for Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.


RAKER, Judge.

We must decide in this case whether a medical bill seized by police at 2024 Morgan Street in Edgewood, Maryland, and addressed to "Michael Bernadyn, 2024 Morgan Street, Edgewood, Maryland 21040," when used by the State to establish that Bernadyn lived at that address, constitutes inadmissible hearsay. We shall answer that question in the affirmative and shall hold that the bill was inadmissible hearsay.

I.

Michael Bernadyn, petitioner...

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