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LANSDOWNE v. STATE

[No. 62, September Term, 1979.]

287 Md. 232 (1980)

412 A.2d 88

CALVIN LANSDOWNE v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha Weisheit, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Bonnie A. Travieso, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH, COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ.

DAVIDSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents two questions. The first question is whether, under Maryland Rules 757 (b) and 757 (d), a trial judge, in a criminal case, must, if requested by the accused, include an explanation of the term "reasonable doubt" in instructions to the jury. The second question is whether a trial judge who has explained the term "reasonable doubt" in preliminary remarks to the jury made at the beginning of a trial...

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