Ebb v. State

RAKER, Judge.

In this case we are asked to decide whether the trial court erred when it precluded cross-examination of the State’s witnesses, in the jury’s presence, about their pending criminal charges or charges of violation of probation. We shall hold that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion, and accordingly, we affirm.

Jeffrey Damon Ebb, the Petitioner, was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, for two counts of murder and related charges1 arising out of an attempted robbery of Brodie’s barbershop, which occurred on November 28, 1992. He was sentenced to…