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Confrontation Clause argued in murder appeal (access required)

Posted: 7:49 pm Tue, May 10, 2011
By Steve Lash
Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer

ANNAPOLIS – A defense attorney urged Maryland’s top court Tuesday to overturn his client’s first-degree murder conviction and life sentence, saying the man was denied his constitutional rights to confront at trial the person whose incriminating statements were referenced by prosecutors in court. The appellant, Ronald Cox, should have been allowed to cross-examine Rodney Johnson regarding ...

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