Legal Opinion
Watters v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 2, 1992No. 134, September Term, 1990PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McAULIFFE, Judge.
Ronald Gene Watters was convicted in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County of murder in the first degree and related offenses, and was sentenced to life without parole. The Court of Special Appeals affirmed. Watters v. State, 84 Md.App. 230, 578 A.2d 810 (1990). We granted Watters’ petition for certiorari to consider whether the trial court improperly denied the defendant’s motion for a mistrial following exclusion of the public from the voir dire and selection of jurors.
The murder for which Watters was convicted was highly publicized in the Salisbury area. The victim, Lisa…
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