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BEASLEY v. STATE

[No. 238, September Term, 1973.]

271 Md. 521 (1974)

318 A.2d 501

BEASLEY v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Paul Cocoros, Assigned Public Defender, and Dennis Henderson, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE and ELDRIDGE, JJ.

SMITH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant, William Beasley (Beasley), was convicted of armed robbery and carrying a concealed deadly weapon by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore. The Court of Special Appeals affirmed in an unreported opinion. We granted certiorari in order that we might consider whether the trial judge prejudicially restricted the right of Beasley to cross-examine a State's witness. Since we conclude that he did, we shall reverse...

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