Legal Opinion
State v. Thomas
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 10, 2002No. 86 Sept. Term, 2001PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, Chief Judge.
The issue in this case is whether, when the defendant is charged with distribution and possession of a controlled dangerous substance, it is an abuse of discretion for the trial court to refuse to ask the venire panel if any of them harbored “strong feelings regarding violations of the narcotics laws.” The Court of Special Appeals held that it was, Thomas v. State, 139 Md.App. 188, 207-08, 775 A.2d 406, 408 (2001), and the State, the petitioner, by filing a Petition for Writ of Certiorari, requested our review of that judgment. We granted the petition, State v. Thomas, 366…
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