204 Md. App. 487 - Morris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “'suggest[ ] that finding the defendant "guilty”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 236 Md. App. 397 - Taylor v. State · 235 Md. App. 392 - State v. Armstead

2. “Ladies and gentlemen, televisions shows such as C.S.I., Crossing Jordan and some of the like are fiction. They are not true. Many of the scientific methods used in those kinds of television shows are exaggerated or do not even exist. If you are selected as a juror in this case[,] you will be required to base your decisions solely on the evidence presented in court. Would any potential juror be unable to ignore the so called crime dramas they have been seeing on television, the movies and [i]nternet or such and putting that aside in making your decision based solely on the evidence that you hear in court and not through some expectation of something that you've seen through the media or television? Is there anyone who would be so persuaded by such a show that they would not be able to judge this case fairly and impartially? Please rise if that applies to you. Let the record reflect that there is no such response.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 235 Md. App. 392 - State v. Armstead

3. “Preliminarily, the State argues that appellant did not preserve this issue for our review because, though he objected to the State’s proposed voir dire question, appellant did not take exception to the question at issue when asked by the circuit court after voir dire and later accepted the jury as empaneled. As mentioned, the Court of Appeals recently ruled that a court’s asking of the “CSI” question during voir dire goes to the composition of the jury. Stringfellow, 425 Md. at 469-73 , 42 A.3d 27 . Therefore, by accepting the jury as empaneled, appellant waived his argument now on appeal. Nevertheless, as discussed infra, appellant’s argument, though waived, is without merit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burris v. State