Legal Opinion
Booze v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 26, 1997No. 105, Sept. Term, 1996PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILNER, Judge.
The question put to us by petitioner, Donald Booze, is whether a defendant in a criminal case who has elected a jury trial is entitled either by due process or by Maryland law to the right of “informed and comparative rejection” of prospective jurors. We need not answer such a broad question. We shall conclude that what the Circuit Court for Baltimore City did in this case violated the clear mandate of Maryland Rule 4-312(g) and, because that violation was prejudicial to Booze, we shall reverse the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals, which affirmed the judgment of the…
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