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MAGWOOD v. STATE

No. 67, September Term, 1980.

46 Md. App. 668 (1980)

420 A.2d 1253

AARON PHILIP MAGWOOD v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted by Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, and Patricia A. Logan, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Submitted by Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Diane G. Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General, Andrew L. Sonner, State's Attorney for Montgomery County, and Mark A. Binstock, Assistant State's Attorney for Montgomery County, for appellee.

The cause was submitted on briefs to GILBERT, C.J., and LOWE and MASON, JJ.

GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

We herein hold that whenever a criminal case has been submitted to the jury for its deliberation, a separation of the jury prior to verdict, without the express consent of the accused, is ordinarily reversible error.1

The facts giving rise to our holding are uncomplicated. Aaron Philip Magwood (Magwood) was tried in the Circuit Court...

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