STATE v. HEATH

No. 36, Sept. Term, 2018.

211 A.3d 458 (2019)

464 Md. 445

STATE of Maryland v. Nicholas HEATH.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 28, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Virginia S. Hovermill , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Samuel Feder , Asst. Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J. Greene McDonald Watts Hotten Getty Cathell, Dale R. (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) JJ.


In the present case, we consider whether a comment made by defense counsel in an opening statement invited the State to present, as evidence, a statement made by Respondent Nicholas Heath ("Mr. Heath") indicating his intention to sell cocaine. The State urges us to apply the opening the door doctrine to the facts of the present case,...

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