13 Md. App. 277 - Vandergrift v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
February 1980
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 5 Md. App. 450 - Williams v. State · Gray v. State · 2 Md. App. 278 - Agresti v. State · 5 Md. App. 22 - Baldwin v. State · 1 Md. App. 630 - Sanders v. State
Most-quoted passages
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““* * * it is firmly established in this jurisdiction that ‘[p]rior statements produced at the trial to show the party calling the witness has been surprised by the witness’ testimony, and why the witness was called, are not probative evidence on the merits and are not to be treated as having any substantive or independent testimonial value.’ ” [Citation omitted]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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