Court of Appeals of Maryland· 7/5/1977

State v. McKay

Citations

375 A.2d 228
280 Md. 558
97 A.L.R. 3d 1238
1977 Md. LEXIS 868

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right to unanimous criminal jury verdict does not impose imperative requirement on the State to provide the same; right subject to waiver
if fundamental constitutional rights can be waived by accused, waiver of unanimous jury verdict existing primarily for his benefit can likewise be waived
right to unanimous criminal jury verdict does not impose imperative requirement on the State to provide the same; right subject to waiver
“The unanimous jury verdict traces its ancestry to the Middle Ages. * * * By the 18th Century, the unanimous verdict had established itself as a basic attribute of the common law jury”
permitted waiver of unanimity jury trial in criminal cases
“one of [the jury’s] traditional elements [is] the 12-man jury”

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Judges: Murphy, Singley, Smith, Digges, Levine, Eldridge

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