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STATE v. HUSTON

[No. 59, September Term, 1977.]

281 Md. 455 (1977)

379 A.2d 1027

STATE OF MARYLAND v. MELODI MARIE HUSTON, ETC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert H. Robinette, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

Victoria A. Salner, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

We shall here affirm the decision of the Court of Special Appeals in Huston v. State, 35 Md.App. 455, 371 A.2d 449 (1977), holding that a trial court erred in directing a jury "to ignore ... testimony in its entirety" which indicated that a prosecution witness had been convicted of "[u]nauthorized use of a motor vehicle."

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