17 Md. App. 182 - Devan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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20 state decisions

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1. “Hargrove stood mute. His plea of guilty before Judge Liss; the statement of facts recited in his and his counsel’s presence; the trial judge’s comments about Devan’s connection with the robbery and expressed belief that Hargrove would so testify, constituted, by circumstantial evidence, acknowledgment by Hargrove that the statements were true and that he would testify in accordance with their tenor. Thus, by standing mute, his conduct naturally would be interpreted by the State as his statement that Devan participated in the robbery and that Hargrove would so testify.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Tyler v. State

2. “there is no unvarying formula or ritual required for the establishment of a foundation to impeach. It is required that a witness be informed, sometime during the course of his testimony, that his interrogator is aware of and relying upon a statement the witness is claimed to have made at a particular time and place, to a particular person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 178 Md. App. 123 - Jones v. State