Legal Opinion

Clark v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided October 1, 2009No. 3065, September Term, 2007PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAlpert, J.

William Leon Clark, appellant, was convicted at a bench trial in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County of second-degree assault. 1 Appellant asks the following two questions on appeal:

I. Was there sufficient evidence of criminal agency to sustain his conviction?

II. Did the trial court err in admitting into evidence two 911 recordings because the recordings: A) were not properly authenticated, and B) were testimonial and violated the Confrontation Clause to the United States Constitution?

For the following reasons, we shall affirm the judgment.

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  4. United States v. Alfredo Orozco-SantillanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
  5. State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2003

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Griffin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2011
  2. Cox v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2010
  3. Martin v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2014
  4. Ross v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2017
  5. Griffin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2011

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