Kegarise v. State

RAYMOND G. THIEME, JR. (Retired, Specially Assigned), J.

This case presents the question of whether the trial court erred by failing to propound defense counsel’s requested voir dire question, which was to inquire whether all members of the venire panel were citizens of the United States. On September 15-16, 2011, after the trial court declined to ask this question, appellant Brentley Glen Kegarise was tried by jury and convicted of theft, firearm possession and related charges. We shall now hold, based upon Owens v. State, 399 Md. 388, 924 A.2d 1072 (2007), cert, denied, 552 U.S. 1144, 128…