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Stewart v. State

Citations

  • 923 A.2d 44
  • 399 Md. 146
  • 2007 Md. LEXIS 265

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the trial court was not required to ask voir dire questions on a subject merely because the questions were requested by a party
  • holding that the trial court was not required to ask voir dire questions on a subject merely because the questions were requested by a party
  • noting that voiv dive questions concerning jury instructions are “disfavored” “and a court does not abuse its discretion in refusing to ask them”
  • “The manner of conducting voir dire and the scope of inquiry in determining the eligibility of jurors is left to the sound discretion of the judge.”
  • not mandatory to ask, inter alia, whether a prospective juror would give greater weight and consideration to the arguments of the assistant state's attorney than to those of defense counsel
  • not mandatory to ask, inter alia, whether a prospective juror would give greater weight and consideration to the arguments of the assistant state’s attorney than to those of defense counsel

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Judges: Bell, Raker, Cathell, Harrell, Battaglia, Greene, Wilner, Alan

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