Court of Appeals of Maryland· 7/15/2011

State v. Simms

Citations

25 A.3d 144
420 Md. 705
2011 Md. LEXIS 444

How courts have described this case

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

holding that filing a notice of alibi but not calling an alibi witness was irrelevant as “too ambiguous and equivocal” because the conduct could “support inferences other than an intent to create false exculpatory evidence”
observing that, “[w]hile trial judges are vested with discretion in weighing relevancy in light of unfairness or efficiency considerations, trial judges do not have discretion to admit irrelevant evidence”
applying abuse of discretion standard when reviewing a trial court’s balancing of the probative value of evidence against the danger of unfair prejudice under Rule 5-403
applying abuse of discretion standard when reviewing a trial court’s balancing of the probative value of evidence against the danger of unfair prejudice under Rule 5-403
the “ ‘final balancing between probative value and unfair prejudice is something entrusted to the wide discretion of the trial judge’ ”
“In this case, we cannot say that the alibi notice was sufficiently cumulative so as to not impact the jury.”

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Judges: Greene

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