# Carter v. State

> Court of Appeals of Maryland · May 14, 2003 · 374 Md. 693

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9692748

## Case

- **Full name:** Antwan Leroy CARTER v. STATE of Maryland
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of Maryland
- **Decided:** May 14, 2003
- **Citations:** 374 Md. 693; 824 A.2d 123; 2003 Md. LEXIS 259
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Eldr1dge
- **Judges:** Battaglia, Eldr, Dge
- **Cited by:** 29 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9692748

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that, when a defendant admits or stipulates to previous-conviction element of a firearms offense, the previous conviction should not be described to the jury with particularity
- discussing severance of counts and bifurcation of elements within a single count and blending the two distinct concepts
- explaining that a reliable jury determination requires “a full appreciation of the criminality of one’s behavior.”

## Opinion text

ELDR1DGE, Judge,
concurring in part.
I concur in the result and in Part III, subpart B, of the Court’s opinion. I do not join the remainder of the majority’s opinion.

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