Taylor v. State

Devon Jordan Taylor v. State of Maryland No. 2, September Term 2020 Appeals – Preservation – Substantial Compliance. Under Maryland Rule 4-325(e), a party in a criminal trial that wishes to preserve an objection to a jury instruction must (1) object on the record promptly after the court instructs the jury, (2) state the matter to which the party objects, and (3) identify the grounds of the objection. Defense counsel substantially complied with that rule in objecting to the trial court’s anti-CSI effect instruction when counsel objected to the court’s “scientific evidence instruction” after…