WILSON v. STATE

No. 96, September Term, 1969.

8 Md. App. 299 (1969)

259 A.2d 553

DENNIS R. WILSON, A/K/A DENNIS R. WILSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Swisher for appellant.

Gilbert Rosenthal, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Charles E. Moylan, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Howard L. Cardin and James E. Dudley, Assistant State's Attorneys for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ANDERSON, MORTON, ORTH, and THOMPSON, JJ.


MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether appellant has been denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial and/or due process of law by reason of what he terms the "unbelievable inefficiency and inexcusable neglect" of the State's Attorney of Baltimore City in not more promptly bringing his case to trial.

The pertinent facts are these: Appellant, a fourteen year old boy, was arrested on November...

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