McMillan v. State
| Decision Date | 19 December 2008 |
| Docket Number | Pet. Docket No. 437 and cross-petition. |
| Citation | 962 A.2d 370 |
| Parties | NATHANIEL PAUL McMILLAN v. STATE. |
| Court | Court of Special Appeals of Maryland |
Petition for writ of certiorari both granted.
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Henry v. State, 946, September Term, 2007.
... ... an instruction unless the party objects on the record promptly after the court instructs the jury, stating distinctly the matter to which the party objects and the grounds of the objection." We explained the importance of this rule in McMillan v. State, 181 Md.App. 298, 359, 956 A.2d 716, cert. granted 406 Md. 744, 962 A.2d 370 (2008): ... The policy behind the preservation rule is clear. The trial court cannot correct errors of which it is not informed. Only if a party takes exception to an error in the jury ... ...
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James v. State
... ... It is not. 4 ... It is clear that, "when a defendant fails to object to the actions of the trial court, an appellate court possesses plenary discretion to notice plain error material to the rights of a defendant, even if the matter was not raised in the trial court." McMillan v. State, 181 Md.App. 298, 359, 956 A.2d 716 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted), cert. granted, 406 Md. 744, 962 A.2d 370 (2008). But an appellate court should "intervene in those circumstances only when the error complained of was so material to the rights of the accused as to ... ...
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Duress and the underlying felony.
...and distinguish felony murder from intentional murder. (279) (1) McMillan v. State, 956 A.2d 716 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2009), cert. granted, 962 A.2d 370 (Md. Dec. 19, 2008) (No. (2) Id. at 721-24. McMillan's aunt and uncle lived next to Haiss. During McMillan's childhood, he had stayed with ......