Smith v. State

ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.

Curtis Lee Smith, appellant, has appealed from the denial, by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Femia, J.) *314of his motion for a new trial. Because we find the trial court erred when it refused to compel the testimony of one of the witnesses produced at the hearing, we will reverse and remand to that court for further proceedings.

Appellant was tried by a jury presided over by Judge Femia. Despite relatively weak identification testimony produced by the State and strong alibi evidence presented by the appellant, the jury returned verdicts of conviction for…