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STATE v. SMITH

No. 30, Sept. Term, 2023.

321 A.3d 52 (2024)

487 Md. 635

STATE of Maryland v. Lamont SMITH.

Supreme Court of Maryland.

August 13, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Gary E. O'Connor, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Anthony G. Brown, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Wyatt Feeler, Assigned Public Defender (Beltsville, MD; and Anne K. Olesen, Assigned Public Defender, George Washington University, Criminal Appeals & Post-Conviction Services Clinic, Washington, DC), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before: Fader, C.J., Watts, Booth, Biran, Gould, Eaves, Michele D. Rotten (Senior Justice, Specially Assigned), JJ.

This Court has established a process for admitting certain types of hearsay statements that fall within a particular hearsay exception that is commonly known as the "declaration against penal interest." State v. Matusky, 343 Md. 467, 682 A.2d 694 (1996).

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