Legal Opinion
Wilson v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 6, 1997No. 62 Sept.Term., 1996PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILNER, Judge.
Petitioner, Eric Wilson, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City of possession of heroin, for which he was sentenced to two years in prison. In this appeal, he complains that the court erred in refusing to issue a body attachment for one of his witnesses, whom he had duly subpoenaed and who failed to appear in court. In an unreported opinion, the Court of Special Appeals found no merit to that complaint and affirmed the judgment. We shall reverse.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Wilson was arrested when the police discovered and terminated a drug operation being…
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