Department of Health & Mental Hygiene v. Bean

JOSEPH, F., MURPHY, JR., Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland,

specially assigned.

In the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, a jury decided that Linwood Bean, appellee, was eligible for conditional release from confinement in the custody of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the “Department”), appellant, which now presents a single question for our review:

Did the circuit court err in submitting to the jury the issue of Mr. Bean’s eligibility for release when he did not present any expert testimony?

Appellee agrees that he did not present any expert testimony but argues that such…