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STATE v. HAMILTON

No. 496, September Term, 1971.

14 Md. App. 582 (1972)

287 A.2d 791

STATE OF MARYLAND v. HUGO ALEXANDER HAMILTON, JR.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 3, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted by Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, James G. Klair, Assistant Attorney General, Samuel A. Green, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore County, and John H. Garmer, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore County, for appellant.

Submitted by Charles E. Foos, III, for appellee.

The cause was submitted on briefs to MURPHY, C.J., and MORTON and ORTH, JJ.

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

The Supreme Court of the United States has said that the right to a speedy trial is "one of the most basic rights preserved by our Constitution," Klopfer v. North Carolina, 386 U.S. 213, 226, a guarantee "as fundamental as any of the rights secured by the Sixth Amendment," id. at 223. But, as is not unusual, it has furnished little guidance as to the meaning and application...

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