Harrod v. State

In this case, we consider whether, in a retrial of a criminal case involving a controlled dangerous substance, the State is required, prior to trial, to timely give notice of its intent to admit the chemist’s report into evidence without the presence of the chemist pursuant to statute, when the chemist had testified and was subjected to cross-examination and the report had been admitted into evidence during the first trial.

Petitioner, Darryl K. Harrod, seeks reversal of his conviction in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, arguing that the…