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JONES v. STATE

No. 482, September Term, 1970.

11 Md. App. 686 (1971)

276 A.2d 666

MELVIN JONES v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Trainer for appellant.

James L. Bundy, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Arthur A. Marshall, State's Attorney for Prince George's County, and E. Allen Shepherd, Jr., Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and MOYLAN and POWERS, JJ.

MOYLAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In addressing itself not simply to the case then before it, but to a grave problem of contemporary national concern, as well, the Supreme Court, in Illinois v. Allen, 397 U.S. 337, said:

"It is essential to the proper administration of criminal justice that dignity, order, and decorum be the hallmarks of all court proceedings in our country. The flagrant disregard in the...

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