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TURNER v. HASTINGS

No. 66, September Term, 2012.

69 A.3d 1015 (2013)

432 Md. 499

Catherine Lynn TURNER v. Direse Helen HASTINGS.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied August 18, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anders Randrup, III ( Steven D. Cox of Law Offices of Steven D. Cox, LLC, Salisbury, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Roscoe R. Leslie and Ernest I. Cornbrooks, III (Webb, Burnett, Cornbrooks, Wilber, Vorhis, Douse & Mason, LLP, Salisbury, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

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

ADKINS, J.

This case calls for us to explore the interplay between accepting a jury verdict and revising that verdict after the jury is dismissed, as well as, what to do when a verdict appears on its face to have internal inconsistencies. We hold that, for a jury verdict to be properly returned in open court, it must be orally announced, hearkened to by the jury, and subject to an opportunity to poll. Once these requirements are met, the verdict is then taken from...

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