Sherman v. State

While I agree with the Court that there was a failure of compliance with Rule 758 a, I think the rule violation was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt under the standard *643adopted in Dorsey v. State, 276 Md. 638, 350 A.2d 665 (1976). That standard, applicable only to criminal appeals, is as follows:

"[wjhen an appellant, in a criminal case, establishes error, unless a reviewing court, upon its own independent review of the record, is able to declare a belief, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the error in no way influenced the verdict, such error cannot be deemed 'harmless’ and a reversal is…