Mason v. State

Troy Wayne Mason v. State of Maryland, No. 1198 of the September 2022 Term, Opinion by Moylan, J. HEADNOTE: THE MISTRIAL MOTION: A PATCH OF ROUGH WATER OR HITTING AN ICEBERG? – A MOTION FOR A MISTRIAL: WHO MAKES THE CALL? – AN EXASPERATINGLY CONVOLUTED GLITCH – THE ABSENCE OF BAD FAITH – PRECISE PLEADING CALLS FOR MORE THAN UNDIFFERENTIATED ANGST – THE ABSENCE OF SIGNIFICANT PREJUDICE: “CALM SEA AND PROSPEROUS VOYAGE” – THE MISSION OF CAREFUL REDACTION – THE RULE AGAINST HEARSAY – AN EXCITED UTTERANCE – THE PRESENT SENSE IMPRESSION – THE ALLOCATION OF THE BURDEN OF PROOF – THE REDACTION – A…