Legal Opinion

Hepple v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 4, 1976No. 714, 730, September Term, 1975PublishedCited by 25 opinions

September Term, 1975.]

1Opinion of the CourtOrth, C. J.

Menchine, J., concurs in part and dissents in part and filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part at page 558 infra.

The two September Term 1975 appeals we decide in this opinion, Richard E. Hepple v. State, No. 714, and James Edward Jones v. State, No. 730, present a common issue for decision. The issue relates to the place of rebuttal evidence in the order in which parties are required to offer their evidence. The Court of Appeals had the point before it in Bannon v. Warfield, 42 Md. 22, 39 (1875). It first explained why it was essential to have fixed rules on the subject and…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Alderman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Frazier v. CuppSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. HeppleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
  2. Scarborough v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1981
  3. DENO CONSTANTINE KANARAS v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1983
  4. Riffey v. TonderCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1977
  5. State v. BoozeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1994

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