TUNSTALL v. STATE

No. 705, September Term, 1970.

12 Md. App. 723 (1971)

280 A.2d 275

GEORGE MASON TUNSTALL, JR. AND ROBERT MORRIS ALTON, A/K/A ROBERT NORRIS ALTON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted by Arthur G. Murphy, Sr., for appellant.

Submitted by Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General; Milton B. Allen, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Barbara G. Daly, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, for appellee.

The cause was submitted on briefs to THOMPSON, CARTER and GILBERT, JJ.


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

The Appellants were jointly tried and convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of the offense of armed robbery. For the reasons set forth herein, we shall reverse and remand the case for a new trial.

The Appellants assign, inter alia, as reasons for their appeal:

1. That they were denied the right to a speedy trial.

2. That they were placed in double jeopardy in violation of the Fifth...

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