# Wicks v. State

> Court of Appeals of Maryland · January 7, 1988 · 311 Md. 376

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9733947

## Case

- **Full name:** Jack Ellwood WICKS v. STATE of Maryland
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of Maryland
- **Decided:** January 7, 1988
- **Citations:** 311 Md. 376; 535 A.2d 459; 1988 Md. LEXIS 1
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by McAULIFFE
- **Judges:** Cole, McAuliffe
- **Cited by:** 13 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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