Carter v. State

BATTAGLIA, Judge.

In Antwan Leroy Carter’s trial on charges of possession of a regulated firearm by one previously convicted of a crime of violence, possession of a regulated firearm by a person under 21 years of age, and unlawful discharge of a firearm within the City of Baltimore, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City admitted evidence that Carter previously had been convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon. Carter had sought to shield the jury from learning the nature of his previous conviction. We granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to determine the appropriate method for a trial…