DAVID BRIGHTWELL v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Special Appeals, Woodward, Filed July 1, 2015,
Jury Trial – No affirmative response by the jury is necessary to hearken to an announced verdict so long as there is no dissent

Motion to Correct Illegal Sentence – Jury – Where a verdict in a jury trial is not announced, polled, or hearkened to, sentencing on that charge is illegal.

Motion to Correct Illegal Sentence – Jury – A defendant has the absolute right to poll the jury, but sentence is not illegal where the request is not made