Kumar v. State

Amit Kumar v. State of Maryland, No. 21, September Term, 2021 VOIR DIRE – APPLICABILITY OF HOLDING TO PENDING CASES – PRESERVATION FOR APPELLATE REVIEW – Court of Appeals held that holding in Kazadi v. State, 467 Md. 1, 9, 47,

223 A.3d 554, 559, 581

(2020)—that, on request, during voir dire, trial court must ask whether prospective jurors are unwilling or unable to comply with jury instructions on certain fundamental principles and that Kazadi applied to any other cases pending on direct appeal when opinion was filed where relevant question was preserved for appellate review—applies to any case…