DILLARD v. STATE

No. 50, September Term, 2009.

3 A.3d 403 (2010)

415 Md. 445

William Edward DILLARD v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian L. Zavin , Asst. Public Defender ( Elizabeth L. Julian , Acting Public Defender, of Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Sarah Page Pritzlaff , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, of Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

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


GREENE, J.

We are asked to determine whether the trial judge in the present case abused his discretion in denying William Edward Dillard's ("Defendant" or "Dillard") motion for a mistrial when, following the testimony of the State's primary law enforcement witness, two jurors patted the witness on the back and commended him for doing a "good job." In the present case, the trial judge failed to conduct a voir dire examination...

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