Legal Opinion
State v. Conn
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 7, 1979No. [No. 19, September Term, 1979.]PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
We hold that in this case the Court of Special Appeals erred in concluding that the testimony here in controversy constituted an opinion by a lay witness on the ultimate issue of sanity. Consequently, we shall reverse the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals in Conn v. State, 41 Md. App. 238, 396 A.2d 323 (1979).
We here conclude that under proper circumstances when an accused claims under Maryland Code (1957, 1972 Repl. Vol.) Art. 59, § 25 (a) that he is not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the commission of an alleged crime, a layman, based upon his observations, may express…
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