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BATTLE v. STATE

[No. 159, September Term, 1979.]

287 Md. 675 (1980)

414 A.2d 1266

JOHN BATTLE v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Malloy, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Diane G. Goldsmith, 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, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.

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

Prior to consideration of this case by the Court of Special Appeals, we granted the writ of certiorari on our own motion in order that we might address the issue of whether a trial judge improperly allowed a jury to separate after its deliberations had begun.1 However, because we find that a confusing answer was given to an unclear question propounded by the jury, we shall be obliged to reverse...

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