STATE v. KENNEY

No. 119, September Term, 1991.

327 Md. 354 (1992)

609 A.2d 337

STATE OF MARYLAND v. EARL MICHAEL KENNEY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas K. Clancy, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., both on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Gary S. Offutt, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, both on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.


KARWACKI, Judge.

The question presented in this case is whether an accused can effectively agree to trial by less than a 12-person jury where the trial court does not conduct a personal inquiry of the accused to determine that his decision was made knowingly and intelligently.

I.

Earl Michael Kenney was charged by indictment with, inter alia, kidnapping, false imprisonment, battery, and transporting a handgun as the result of an alleged attack...

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