Source: https://mdappblog.com/2018/11/13/defense-counsels-opening-statement-didnt-open-the-door-ford-v-state/
Timestamp: 2019-04-18 20:41:22+00:00

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The State also relied on Snyder v. State, 361 Md. 580 (2000), which contained dicta discussing motive evidence under Rule 5-404(b), the admissibility of which “does not depend on the defendant first offering evidence to trigger the State’s ability to introduce” that evidence “and does not concern rebuttal evidence.” Id. The State relied on Terry v. State, 332 Md. 329 (1993), Martin v. State, 364 Md. 692 (2001), and Johnson v. State, 408 Md. 204 (2009) as well. Each case involved the doctrine of curative admissibility, but none concluded that the doctrine “applied generally to character evidence under Maryland Rule 5-404(a) or specifically to rebuttal character evidence of a victim’s trait of peacefulness under Maryland Rule 5-404(a)(2)(C).” Slip Op. at 37. Finally, the State also relied on Anderson v. State, 420 Md. 554 (2011) and Thomas v. State, 429 Md. 85 (2012), each of which addressed whether opening statements could open the door for the admission of prior consistent statements under Rule 5-616(c) and 5-802.1(b). But, as the Court noted, “neither Maryland Rule 5-616(c) nor Maryland Rule 5-802.1(b) ties the triggering of admission of evidence to ‘evidence’ having already been admitted, as Maryland Rule 5-404(a)(2)(C) does.” Id. at 35 n.2. Thus, the Court was “unpersuaded” by the State’s reliance on those decisions. Id. at 34, 35.

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