Carrero-Vasquez v. State

Convicted, after a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, as well as related weapons and traffic offenses, Juan Carlos Carrero-Vasquez, appellant, presents three issues for review. Reworded, reordered, and redacted of argument, they are:

I. Whether the trial court erred in overruling the defense’s objection to the prosecutor’s statement, during closing argument, that jurors should convict if their “gut says I think he’s guilty”;

II. Whether the trial court’s order instructing the defense not to cross-examine the State’s key…