Piles v. State

Appellant was convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon by a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County.

He complains (1) of the trial court’s refusal to propound a question to the jury on voir dire; (2) a portion of the judge’s advisory instructions; (3) that he was illegally arrested; (4) there was a “denial of due process of law”; (5) and he was not given the “benefit of doubt.”

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The proposed voir dire question, in substance, would have asked the prospective jurors if the fact that the defendant had a “serious criminal record” would prevent them from giving him a fair and impartial…