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Baker v. State

Citations

  • 371 A.2d 699
  • 35 Md. App. 593
  • 1977 Md. App. LEXIS 506

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • describing recollection refreshed as “the Proustian moment” based on Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past, in which the author remembers his childhood after “sipping a cup of lime-flavored tea and eating a madeleine”
  • reversing and remanding for a new trial where trial judge erred by refusing to allow defendant the opportunity to refresh the present recollection of police officer by showing him a report written by a fellow officer
  • “Normally, of course, the material ... used [to refresh a witness’s recollection] must be shown to opposing counsel upon demand, if it is handed to the witness.”

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Judges: Moylan, Davidson, Mason

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