Opinion ID: 1928017
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Heading: the victim impact statement

Text: Bloodsworth takes issue with the admission of the victim impact statement. He contends that Code (1957, 1982 Repl. Vol., 1985 Cum. Supp.) Art. 41, § 124 (which calls for the admission of victim impact statements in capital proceedings) is unconstitutional, although he recognizes, as he must, that in Lodowski v. State, 302 Md. 691, 735-49, 490 A.2d 1228, 1251-58 (1985), vacated and remanded on other grounds, ___ U.S. ___, 106 S.Ct. 1452, 89 L.Ed.2d 711 (1986), we held to the contrary. We have reaffirmed that holding in Booth v. State, 306 Md. 172, 222-23, 507 A.2d 1098, 1123-24 (1986), and in Grandison v. State, 305 Md. 685, 752-54, 506 A.2d 580, 614 (1986). We deem the matter closed. JUDGMENT REVERSED AND CASE REMANDED FOR A NEW TRIAL; BALTIMORE COUNTY TO PAY THE COSTS. COLE, J., concurs in the result.