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BURNSIDE v. STATE

No. 71, Sept. Term, 2017.

188 A.3d 881 (2018)

459 Md. 657

Carl Franklin BURNSIDE v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 11, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Michael R. Braudes, Asst. Public Defender (Paul B. DeWolfe, Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent.

Argued by Gary E. O'Connor, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Brian E. Frosh, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Argued Before: Barbera, C.J., Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, JJ.

In this case we must decide whether it was an abuse of discretion for the trial court to choose to wait until after the defendant testified before ruling on the admissibility of the defendant's prior conviction for purposes of impeachment. Maryland Rule 5-609 ("Rule 5-609" or "the Rule") permits the admission of prior convictions for...

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