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FORD v. STATE

No. 11, Sept. Term, 2018.

197 A.3d 1090 (2018)

462 Md. 3

David Leander FORD v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied December 11, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Jeffrey M. Ross , Asst. Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Jessica V. Carter , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J., Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, JJ.

This case concerns two issues involving the admissibility of evidence in a murder trial. First, we consider admissibility of character evidence of the victim under Maryland Rule 5-404(a)(2)(C), which provides: "In a homicide case, the prosecutor may offer evidence of the alleged victim's trait of peacefulness to rebut evidence that the...

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