[DOWNLOAD] "Dorsey V. Maryland" by Court Of Appeals Of Maryland * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Dorsey V. Maryland
- Author : Court Of Appeals Of Maryland
- Release Date : January 09, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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Following a jury trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore (Judge J. William Hinkel presiding), the appellant Donald Dorsey was convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon, of assault, and of the use of a hand gun in the commission of a crime of violence. His conviction was affirmed upon direct appeal to the Court of Special Appeals in an unreported per curiam opinion in Dorsey v. State, (No. 282, September Term, 1974, decided December 5, 1974). Upon the appellant's petition we granted a writ of certiorari to that Court limited to the issues: (1) Did the trial court err in allowing Detective Richard Simmons, on cross-examination by the State, to answer the question: "And of the cases you have investigated, can you give us any idea of the percentage in which convictions resulted from your arrest?" and (2) If the court committed error in permitting such testimony, was the error prejudicial.