Hopkins v. State

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

In the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, a jury convicted Howard Hopkins, appellant, of second-degree assault. Appellant concedes that the State’s evidence was sufficient to prove that he committed this offense upon the twelve-year-old daughter of his former girlfriend, but he argues that he is entitled to a new trial because

I. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ADMITTING [DURING APPELLANT’S CROSS EXAMINATION] A CHILD ABUSE CONVICTION FOR PURPOSES OF IMPEACHMENT.

II. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ADMITTING A PRIOR STATEMENT BY [APPELLANT’S FORMER GIRLFRIEND].

For the reasons that follow,…