Powell v. State

HARRELL, Judge.

In this consolidated opinion,1 we consider whether the respective trial judges, in the criminal cases of Tavony Wayne Zylanz and Steven Anthony Powell, erred by not making explicit findings on the record regarding the knowing and voluntary waivers of the Petitioners’ rights to trial by jury, in accordance with Maryland Rule 4-246(b). In the case of Powell, we consider also, in the context of the record in his case, whether on-the-record questions addressed to him specif*636ically as to the voluntariness of his jury trial waiver were required.

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Tavony Wayne Zylanz

On 21 June 2004, in…