BUNCH v. STATE

[No. 29, September Term, 1977.]

281 Md. 680 (1978)

381 A.2d 1142

WINFIELD BAKER BUNCH v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. Delano, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

W. Timothy Finan, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.


ELDRIDGE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

At a bench conference following the presentation of evidence in this criminal case, the trial judge and counsel considered the matter of a note from one of the jurors stating that the juror was biased; the judge overruled the prosecution's motion to excuse the juror and the defense's motion for a mistrial; the judge refused to allow the defendant himself to be consulted about the matter; and the judge ruled that the...

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