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SAHIN v. STATE

No. 31, September Term, 1994.

337 Md. 304 (1995)

ISA SAHIN v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 8, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geraldine Kenney Sweeney, Asst. Public Defender (Sherrie B. Glasser, Asst. Public Defender, Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Kimberly Smith Ward, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, BELL, RAKER and JOHN F. McAULIFFE (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

CHASANOW, Judge.

This appeal requires that we decide the appropriateness of calling character witnesses to testify to a criminal defendant's good reputation for truthfulness. For the reasons indicated, we depart from the majority rule, and we hold that a criminal defendant on trial for a veracity impeaching offense1 may, after testifying, offer evidence of his or her good character for truthfulness.

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