44 Md. App. 417 - Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “Q. Relative to this case, sir, how many times were you involved in surveillance or had knowledge of surveillance of 12 Cedar Heights apartment? A. Approximately twelve or fifteen. Q. Twelve or fifteen times. Now, when you executed the search and seizure warrant at 12 Cedar Heights on March 9th, 1976, did you find any evidence of narcotic dealings — MR. SMITH: Objection. MR. DENHOLM: — at the premises of 12 Cedar Heights? THE COURT: Sustained. MR. DENHOLM: May we approach the bench one moment, Your Honor. THE COURT: Yes. (Whereupon the following proceedings were had at the bench, out of the hearing of the jury:) MR. DENHOLM: Your Honor, the reason — THE COURT: Where are you going — MR. SMITH: This is a dangerous area, dangerous thin ice as far as the defense is concerned with reference to that book. I mean, we would move and think we would be entitled to mistrial if there is any reference to that book, reference to — THE COURT: Why would you think so? MR. SMITH: Because of what we discussed pre-trial. There is some prejudicial material in that and they can’t find it and we can show it and we can show it was not our defendant’s book. MR. DENHOLM: We never said it was your defendant’s book. I just said it was a book found with some numbers and writing. That’s — and the State was not — the State had no intention of bringing this out, which it did not on its direct examination but the picture was framed for the jury on cross examination, that question, money was found, but no drug”

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

2. “bad faith conduct by judge or prosecutor” with such intent that prohibits retrials. The keystone of the test formulated and consistently followed by the Supreme Court is the requirement of”

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