Judge Sweeney Returns
Howard County’s own Retired Judge Dennis Sweeney and Meredith Drummond from the Supreme Court’s Rules Committee provided information and discussion regarding the new proposed rules on voir dire of potential jurors. The proposal suggests expanding the scope of questioning to identify implicit bias in potential jurors. The pros and cons of this proposed rule change was discussed with vivid examples from His Honor’s tenure on the bench. The new Rules will be tried in a pilot program in six jurisdictions and the results will be considered by the Rules Committee and a final decision will be made later. There was a packed house for this meeting and the attendees included the Long Reach High School Mock Trial Team who were treated to a special sit down with the Judge after the presentation.