APPRAICIO v. STATE

No. 49, September Term, 2012.

63 A.3d 599 (2013)

431 Md. 42

Jorge APPRAICIO v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Piedad Gomez , Assistant Public Defender, ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Carrie J. Williams , Asst. Atty. Gen., ( Douglas F. Gansler , Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

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


BARBERA, J.

Trial judges walk a fine line when answering questions posed by jurors during the course of their deliberations. Any answer given must accurately state the law and be responsive to jurors' questions without invading the province of the jury to decide the case. We are asked here whether the trial court acted within its discretion in responding to a jury question concerning evidence that was not presented at trial.

A jury sitting in the Circuit Court...

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