Allen v. State

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• holding that the trial court erred when it called to the stand a prosecution witness, who had been implicated in the criminal conduct for which the defendant was on trial, as a “court’s witness,” knowing the witness would claim the privilege
• The purpose of opening statement “is to inform the trier of fácts of the issues involved and what evidence will be offered as proof to resolve those issues.”
• under most circumstances, it is improper to call a witness before a jury, knowing the witness will invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege, when the purpose is for the effect of requiring the assertion of privilege in the jury’s presence
• under most circumstances it is improper to call a witness before a jury, knowing the witness will invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege, when the purpose is for the effect of requiring the assertion of privilege in the jury’s presence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gray v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-04-11· cited 53×
• Hagez v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-05-30· cited 32×
• Bhagwat v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-05-16· cited 24×
• Washington v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-01-29· cited 21×
• Martin v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2000-07-27· cited 10×
• Horne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-01-09· cited 9×
• Height v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-05-06· cited 9×
• Bell v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1997-03-26· cited 9×
• Gray v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-03-28· cited 5×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-05-03· cited 4×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-02-28· cited 4×
• Ford v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2017-12-20· cited 1×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-06-28