Lewis v. State

RODOWSKY, Judge.

The issue here is one of statutory construction. The question is whether Md.Code (1974, 1989 Repl.Vol., 1993 Cum. Supp.), § 8-212 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (CJ) confers on a litigant in a civil action or criminal cause that is to be tried to a jury a relatively unqualified right to inspect, reproduce, and copy records relating to the selection of prospective grand and/or petit jurors for the period of jury service relevant to the civil action or criminal cause. Applying the plain meaning of the statute, we shall hold that it does.

The petitioner, John Olden…