Green v. State

Dissenting Opinion by

McDonald, J.,

which Barbera, C.J., and Hotten, J., join.

There is much in the meticulously rendered Majority opinion with which I agree. However, the Majority opinion interprets the discovery rule relating to a “pretrial identification of the defendant” in a way that is at odds with the language of the rule and that broadens its application well beyond an actual identification of the defendant. Accordingly, I cannot join the opinion and would affirm the well-reasoned opinion of the Court of Special Appeals on this issue. 231 Md.App. 53, 58-74, 149 A.3d 1159 (2016).

As the…