Court of Appeals of Maryland· 10/15/2008

State v. Adams

Citations

958 A.2d 295
406 Md. 240
2008 Md. LEXIS 579

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concluding that appellant had waived a post-conviction challenge to improper advisory- only instructions by not objecting to the instructions at trial or raising the issue on direct appeal
stating that the “inertial and institutional devotion to stare decisis is not absolute … for we will strike down a decision that is ‘clearly wrong and contrary to established principles’”
explaining that “Stevenson did not announce a new rule” and instead “purported to explain and continue the reasoning of prior decisions,” while “Montgomery merely served as an example and application of Stevenson”
rejecting plain error review of advisory jury instructions, in part, because “the fact that an error was ‘plain’ does not excuse waiver”
whether an offense was committed within the state's boundaries is a question of territorial jurisdiction
trial court in 1979 criminal trial gave advisory jury instructions based on Article 23

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Judges: Bell, Harrell, Battaglia, Eldridge, Wilner, Cathell

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