United States Fourth Circuit

Juror who read a Bible during deliberations in death penalty trial did not violate defendant's due process rights absent evidence that juror relied on the Bible for his decision or used the Bible to influence other jurors.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/28/2001
• Published 11/28/2001

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Henry Mark Stichel, Gohn, Hankey & Stichel, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, for Appellant. Annabelle Louise Lisic, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Office of the Attorney General, Baltimore, MD, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Criminal Appeals Division, Office of the Attorney General, Baltimore, MD, for Appellees.