Ali v. State

MOYLAN, Judge.

The appellant, Najee Shadeed Abdul Ali, a/k/a William Thompson, was convicted by a Baltimore County jury, presided over by Judge Joseph F. Murphy, Jr., of first-degree murder and related charges, involving several victims. Upon this appeal, he raises the following two contentions:

1) That Judge Murphy erroneously refused to admit in evidence written reports of a police officer’s interviews with a State’s witness; and

2) That Judge Murphy erroneously permitted a physician to testify as an expert witness on the potential effect of medication upon a State’s witness.

The first…