Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal; ineffective assistance of counsel: Although the court held in 2010 and 2011 that a question about the “CSI-effect” during voir dire constituted reversible error, the defendant’s attorney did not provide ineffective assistance of counsel when he failed to object to this question during the defendant’s 2007 murder trial. While the .
A defendant’s right to view prospective jurors during voir dire was not violated by pandemic-spurred mandate that they wear masks, Maryland appeals court says.