Legal Opinion
King v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 22, 1980No. [No. 39, September Term, 1979.]PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtElpridge, J.
The issue in this criminal case is whether the trial court erred by excluding, for cause, two persons from the panel of prospective jurors solely because of their beliefs that the law concerning marijuana, under which the defendants were charged, ought to be changed. For the following reasons, we hold that the court erroneously excluded the two prospective jurors.
The relevant facts are undisputed. Lester A. King and Robin C. King, the defendants, were convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County of possession and possession with the intent to distribute a controlled…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- People v. BandhauerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
- People v. BoulwareNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. MontgomeryIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
- Adams, Nelson, and Timanus v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1952
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Hunt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
- Foster v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
- United States v. Salamone, SalvatoreCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Miles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- State v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2002
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