Colvin v. State

RODERICK COLVIN v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Special Appeals, Zarnoch, Filed Nov. 30, 2015,
Jury Trial – Polling – Where the foreperson announces the verdict of the jury and the clerk announces the recorded verdicts, polling the jurors and not expressly including the foreperson “does not render the verdict a nullity”*.
Vacated by CoA opinion

(Dissent – Friedman – “It is only because of my view as to the merits that I would decline to reach the merits.” Yep. Exact quote. Realizes the “chicken-and-the-egg quality to [his] analysis,” but continues nonetheless.)
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