Boyd v. State

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

Petitioner Ronald Boyd was convicted by a jury, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, of violating a protective order obtained by his daughter’s mother. In this Court, the petitioner argues that the Circuit Court erred in admitting hearsay evidence and that the Court of Special Appeals erred when it held that general objections during trial did not preserve the hearsay issue for appeal. Mr. Boyd also maintains that the intermediate appellate court erroneously affirmed the trial court’s admission of evidence of Mr. Boyd’s alleged prior bad conduct. The respondent, the State…