State v. Young

Argued before Barbera, C.J. Greene * , Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, JJ.

Adkins, J.

**163 "The true nature of the hearsay rule is nowhere better illustrated and emphasized than in those cases which fall outside the scope of its prohibition." 6 John Henry Wigmore, Evidence in Trials at Common Law § 1766, at 250 (Chadbourn rev. 1976). Steven Young was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City of possession and possession with intent to distribute controlled dangerous substances. Before trial, the State filed a motion to suppress introduction of any supposed…