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DURKIN v. STATE

[No. 21, September Term, 1978.]

284 Md. 445 (1979)

397 A.2d 600

GEORGE DINO DURKIN v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 22, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Kathleen M. Sweeney, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

We granted certiorari in this criminal case to consider the requirement of Maryland Code (1974), § 9-115 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, that for a character witness to give evidence based on personal opinion, he must have an "adequate basis for forming an opinion as to another person's character...."

The petitioner, George Dino Durkin, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery...

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