Johnson v. State

Joseph Johnson, appellant, was convicted by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Johnson appeals that conviction and raises the following contentions:

1) that the trial court erred in admitting hearsay evidence which placed the appellant at the scene of the crime on the night of its occurrence;

2) that the trial court erred in excluding statements made by the Assistant State’s Attorney in a previous prosecution for the same crime which were relevant to the credibility of appellant’s former testimony;

3) that the trial court erred in…