State v. Babb

On April 24, 1968, the appellee was tried in the Criminal Court of Baltimore by Cardin, J., sitting without a jury, on the charge of manslaughter by automobile. He was found guilty and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment. Upon appeal to the Court of Special Appeals the conviction was reversed and a new trial ordered. Babb v. State, 7 Md. App. 116, 253 A. 2d 783 (1969). We granted certiorari.

The issue before this Court is whether the trial court committed reversible error in permitting the prosecutor on cross-examination to ask the accused if he had been convicted of being drunk, when on direct…