Noble v. Director, Patuxent Institution

A jury of the Criminal Court of Baltimore determined that appellant was a defective delinquent thereby consigning him indeterminately to Patuxent Institution. In this appeal, appellant raises eight issues relating to errors which allegedly occurred during the trial. We find him correct in only one.

A psychologist from Patuxent Institute was qualified as an expert and expressed his opinion that appellant was a defective delinquent within the meaning of Md. Code, Art. 31B, § 5. He explained that his opinion was based upon three things:

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