Legal Opinion

State v. Walker

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided April 10, 1997No. 23, Sept. Term, 1996PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILNER, Judge.

Respondent, Larry Walker, was convicted in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County of robbery with a deadly weapon, for which he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The Court of Special Appeals reversed that judgment on the ground that certain out-of-court statements made by respondent’s wife, Robin Walker, and testimony by two detectives regarding those statements should not have been admitted into evidence.

The statements at issue were concededly hearsay and were not admissible under any of the categorical exceptions to the hearsay rule set forth in Maryland Rules 5-803 or…

2Cases cited49 opinions

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  3. Trammel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. United States v. BryanSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  5. Green v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by17 opinions

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