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HARRIS v. STATE

No. 21, September Term, 2007.

956 A.2d 204 (2008)

406 Md. 115

Chester HARRIS v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 11, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defender (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender), on brief, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

Sarah Page Pritzlaff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen.), on brief, for respondent/cross-petitioner.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, ELDRIDGE, JOHN C. (Retired, Specially Assigned), WILNER, ALAN M. (Retired, Specially Assigned) and CATHELL, DALE R. (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

ELDRIDGE, J.

We issued a writ of certiorari in this criminal case to decide whether a trial court erred by denying a defendant's motion for a new trial where the guilty verdicts were rendered by a jury which had never been sworn.

I.

On November 22, 2003, Michael Edwards was struck and killed by an automobile allegedly driven by Chester Harris. The State charged Harris with vehicular manslaughter under Maryland...

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