Legal Opinion
State v. Rivenbark
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 20, 1987No. 55, September Term, 1986PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
Under a well-established exception to the hearsay rule, a co-conspirator’s statements made while the conspiracy is in effect and in furtherance of its aims are admissible against fellow conspirators. Lawrence v. State, 103 Md. 17, 20, 63 A. 96, 97-98 (1906); Bloomer v. State, 48 Md. 521, 531 (1878). The principal question in the present case concerns whether, after the conspirators have attained their central objectives, there is an implied subsidiary conspiracy of concealment during which one co-conspirator can continue to bind his confederates with hearsay declarations.
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2Cases cited56 opinions
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3Cited by21 opinions
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