Jennings v. State

RODOWSKY, Judge.

This criminal case presents a discovery issue arising under former Maryland Rule 741, now MD.R. 4-263. The question is whether conversations between the accused and an undercover police officer in connection with a sale of supposed controlled dangerous substances are “statements” as the term is used in Md.R. 741 a 2 (b) and b 2. We shall hold that the words spoken by the accused were not a “statement” within the meaning of those sections of Md.R. 741.

Petitioner, David Wade Jennings (Jennings), was convicted in the Circuit Court for Somerset County of (1) distribution of a…