Smith v. Miller

KARWACKI, Judge.

At the conclusion of oral argument in this appeal on April 16,1987, we directed the immediate issuance of this Court’s mandate reversing the judgment of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. We now explain our reasons for that reversal.

Dorothy Miller, the appellee, filed a petition in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County alleging that Richard W. Smith, the appellant, was the father of a child born to her on April 29, 1985. The appellant denied paternity, and that issue was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict that the appellant was not the father of appellee’s…