Mason v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Maryland held that inadvertence is not dispositive when a court evaluates sanctions for a discovery violation, and that allowing corrective evidence may be permissible within the trial court’s discretion. It nevertheless affirmed the judgment because the circuit court reasonably found no unfair prejudice and properly denied both a mistrial and a curative instruction. The requested instruction was substantially covered by the standard instructions, and the defendant had elected to elicit the challenged testimony before the jury.