State v. Grady

More than twenty years have elapsed since this Court last examined the use of an alibi as a defense in a criminal cause and the nature of the burden of proof when an alibi is relied upon. In light of the apparent confusion which surrounds the use of this defense, particularly with respect to instructing the jury, we now address this area once again.

John Joseph Grady, the respondent, was convicted in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County by a jury (Robert B.-Mathias, J., presiding) of committing unnatural and perverted sexual practices as well as assault and battery upon three young…