Garner v. State

MURPHY, J., which HARRELL, J., joins Part II only.

In the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County, a jury convicted Alphonso Garner, Petitioner, of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and related offenses. Although Peti*374tioner concedes that the State’s evidence was sufficient to establish that he committed those offenses on the afternoon of June 22, 2006, he argues that there are two reasons why he is entitled to a new trial: (1) the Circuit Court erroneously admitted hearsay evidence of what was said by an unknown person who had placed a call to Petitioner’s cell phone, and (2) the…