Leak v. State

BLOOM, Judge.

A jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City convicted appellant, Charles Leak, of robbery. Pursuant to a recidivist statute, Md.Code (1957, 1987 Repl.Vol., 1989 Supp.), Art. 27, § 643B(c), appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for 25 years without parole.

Appealing from that judgment, Leak contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial because the prosecutor, during his opening statement, referred to a certain check-writing machine, in violation of the court’s ruling on a motion in limine. He also contends that the court erred in permitting the State…