Perez v. State

*60GREENE, J.

Petitioners, Policarpio Espinoza Perez (“Perez”) and Adam Espinoza Canela (“Canela”), were convicted of murder and related offenses in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Before this Court, Petitioners challenge the non-disclosure of multiple jury notes submitted to the judge during the course of the trial. Specifically, the Petitioners presented one question for our review:

Did the Court of Special Appeals err in applying a weakened harmless error test to the admittedly erroneous nondisclosure to counsel of six substantive jury notes in this case?

We shall answer the question in…