MOORE v. STATE

No. 27, September Term, 2009.

989 A.2d 1150 (2010)

412 Md. 635

Charles F. MOORE, Jr. v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Pattillo, Jr. (Caleb S. Fox of Baker Botts L.L.P., Washington, DC), on brief, for petitioner.

Sarah Page Pritzlaff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen., Baltimore), on brief, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.


BELL, C.J.

This case presents the issue of whether a Defense Witness question is mandatory i.e., whether a "trial court [must] ask potential jurors on voir dire whether they would tend to view the testimony of witnesses called by the defense with more skepticism than that of witnesses called by the State, merely because they were called by the defense[.]" In Bowie v. State, having concluded that it is "necessary...

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