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Givens v. State

Citations

  • 76 Md. 485
  • 25 A. 689
  • 1893 Md. LEXIS 102

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  • holding that the court’s failure to hearken the verdict was reversible error
  • holding that the court's failure to hearken the verdict was reversible error
  • Hearkening “enable[s] the jury to correct a verdict, which they have mistaken, or which their foreman has improperly delivered----”
  • waiver or preservation was not raised by the State or addressed by the Supreme Court

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Judges: Briscoe

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