Legal Opinion
Lewis v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 4, 1987No. 1128, September Term, 1986PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALPERT, Judge.
Like the immovable object meeting the irresistable force, here the right of cross-examination confronts the right of the trial judge to limit it. We believe the trial judge’s constraints were a bit too stringent.
Appellant Donald Lewis (Lewis) was tried by a jury upon an eight-count indictment in the Circuit Court for Prince *406George’s County. The jurors found Lewis guilty of attempted first degree rape, use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence, third degree sexual offense, assault and battery. They found Lewis not guilty of assault with intent to rape and fourth…
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