Fontaine v. State

KENNEY, Judge.

Appellant, James McKinley Fontaine, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County of second degree murder. He was sentenced to a twenty-five year term, to run consecutive to the five-year term imposed for a handgun conviction at his previous trial. 1 Appellant presents one question, which we have separated into two:

I. Did the trial court err in refusing to allow defense counsel to admit extrinsic evidence of a prior inconsistent statement by a State’s witness who had been excused the previous day?

II. Did the trial court err in refusing to grant a continuance…