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REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 1708 September Term, 1997 ________________________________ OSCAR MORA v. STATE OF MARYLAND ________________________________ Davis, Adkins, Smith, Marvin H. (Retired, Specially Assigned) JJ. ________________________________ Opinion by Adkins, J. ________________________________ Filed: November 25, 1998

Oscar Mora, appellant, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County (Lerner, J.), of two counts of maintaining a common nuisance. concurrent twenty year Judge Lerner sentenced Mora to two with all but fifteen years

sentences

suspended, followed by five years of probation.

In addition, the Mora filed an

court imposed fines totaling $50,000.00 on Mora.

appeal, and by an order dated December 11, 1997, a three-judge sentence review panel struck one of the concurrent twenty year sentences with all but fifteen years suspended and also struck one of the $25,000.00 fines. Mora asks us to decide whether the lower court erred in denying his related motions to dismiss the case and to exclude evidence on grounds that he had obtained judicial expungement of the records in three prior criminal cases against him involving the same facts. In addition, Mora presents us with the question of

whether the lower court erred by denying his motion for a mistrial and other relief because the State refused to provide current addresses and telephone numbers of key prosecution witnesses. Last, Mora asks us to examine whether the evidence was sufficient to support the convictions. We find no reversible error and affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

FACTS AND LEGAL BACKGROUND Mora was charged with two counts of maintaining a common

nuisance pursuant to Md. Code (1957, 1996 Repl. Vol.), Art. 27

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