Opinion

Wicks v. State

  • 311 Md. 376
  • 535 A.2d 459
  • 1988 Md. LEXIS 1
Court
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Filed
Jan 7, 1988
Status
Published
Author
McAULIFFE
On the bench
Cole, McAuliffe
Cited by
13 cases

The opinion

McAULIFFE, Judge,

concurring.

I concur in the result, but I would hold the misdemeanor of theft to be an infamous crime only because it is a crimen falsi. In recognition of established precedent, and in the absence of a constitutionally grounded objection, I concur with the holding that the trial judge may not exclude evidence of a previous conviction of an infamous crime even though its potential for improper prejudice outweighs its probative value.

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