STATE v. THOMAS

No. 86 Sept. Term, 2001.

798 A.2d 566 (2002)

369 Md. 202

STATE of Maryland v. Jerrod Leroy THOMAS.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Bair, Assistant Attorney General (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Mark Colvin, Assistant Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued Before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.


BELL, Chief Judge.

The issue in this case is whether, when the defendant is charged with distribution and possession of a controlled dangerous substance, it is an abuse of discretion for the trial court to refuse to ask the venire panel if any of them harbored "strong feelings regarding violations of the narcotics laws." The Court of Special Appeals held that it was, Thomas v. State, 139 Md.App. 188, 207-08,

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