POWELL v. STATE

Nos. 129, September Term, 2005, 130, September Term, 2005.

907 A.2d 242 (2006)

394 Md. 632

Steven Anthony POWELL v. STATE of Maryland. Tavony Wayne Zylanz v. State of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defender (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, MD, for Petitioner in No. 129 Sept. Term, 2005.

William E. Nolan, Asst. Public Defender (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, MD, for Petitioner in No. 130, Sept. Term, 2005.

Diane E. Keller, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of MD, on brief), Baltimore, MD, for Respondent in No. 129 Sept. Term, 2005.

Gary E. O'Connor, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of MD, on brief), Baltimore, MD, for Respondent in No. 130 Sept. Term, 2005.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, and GREENE, JJ.


HARRELL, Judge.

In this consolidated opinion,1 we consider whether the respective trial judges, in the criminal cases of Tavony Wayne Zylanz and Steven Anthony Powell, erred by not making explicit findings on the record regarding the knowing and voluntary waivers of the Petitioners' rights to trial by jury, in accordance with Maryland Rule 4-246(b). In the case of Powell, we consider also, in the context of the record in his case, whether...

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