Foster v. State

Marquis Ellos Lang Foster v. State of Maryland, No. 462, Sept. Term 2019. Opinion by Arthur, J. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – VOIR DIRE – PRESERVATION A criminal defendant’s objection to a trial court’s refusal to ask a requested voir dire question is sufficient to preserve the issue for appellate review even when the defendant subsequently accepts the empaneled jury without qualification upon the conclusion of jury selection. In this case, the defendant objected to the court’s refusal to ask whether any venireperson could not follow an instruction not to consider a defendant’s exercise of the Fifth…