Court of Appeals of Maryland· 8/3/2006

Williams v. State

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904 A.2d 534
394 Md. 98
2006 Md. LEXIS 480

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holding that a new trial was warranted where a juror did not properly disclose information during voir dire and there was no possibility of further investigating potential juror bias
holding that a new trial was warranted where a juror did not properly disclose information during voir dire and there was no possibility of further investigating potential juror bias
“[V]oir dire is the mechanism by which we give substance to the constitutional guarantee to criminal defendants of a fair and impartial jury trial.”
\[V]oir dire is the mechanism by which we give substance to the constitutional guarantee to criminal defendants of a fair and impartial jury trial.\
The potency of the guarantee to an impartial trial relies on the promise that the fact-finder will depend solely on the evidence and argument introduced in open court
In ruling on a motion for a new trial, based upon a revelation that a juror failed to disclose a potential bias, “the trial court’s sound discretion can only be exercised on the basis of the information that a voir dire reveals and the findings that the trial court makes as a result.”

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Judges: Bell, Raker

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