Harris v. State

Lloyd Harris v. State of Maryland, No. 2298, September Term, 2017. Submitted on Brief: February 14, 2019. Opinion by Battaglia, J. CRIMINAL LAW – RIGHT OF ACCUSED OF COMPULSORY PROCESS – RELEVANCY OF ALTERNATIVE SUSPECT EVIDENCE Trial judge properly exercised discretion in excluding from evidence material in which appellant proffered to insinuate that another individual had committed the crime for which he had been charged, including evidence of that individual’s criminal conviction which consisted of similar underlying acts that occurred in the same area and around the same time of the acts…