PER CURIAM:
We granted certiorari to consider whether statements made by the circuit court judge in chambers during a pretrial conference were so coercive as to deprive the Petitioner of his right to a de novo jury trial on appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Maryland.
Our review of the case discloses that the circuit court judge indicated that if petitioner asserted his right to a jury trial, and the verdict was guilty, he would be sentenced...
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