Poff v. State

John Preston Poff appeals from his convictions by a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County of breaking a dwelling house with intent to steal and grand larceny and the concurrent sentences of four years on each conviction. He complains that the lower court improperly denied the admission of certain testimony and that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the convictions.

The appellant first contends that the refusal of the lower court “* * * to admit testimony of an impeaching witness as to the reputation of a witness for the State * * * was prejudicial error.” He proffered,…