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WIGGINS v. STATE

No. 29, September Term, 1974.

22 Md. App. 291 (1974)

324 A.2d 172

ALPHONSO C. WIGGINS v. STATE OF MARYLAND ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 7, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter S. Smith with whom was Michael S. Elder on the brief, for appellant.

David B. Allen, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Donald R. Stutman, Assistant Attorney General and David H. Feldman, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before ORTH, C.J., and GILBERT and LOWE, JJ.

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

When the General Assembly provided the Circuit Courts with exclusive juvenile jurisdiction in 1945 another attempt was made to establish age 18 as the uniform age in Maryland for such jurisdiction.1 The goal of uniformity was again aborted. Baltimore City and three counties were permitted to remain exempt. The counties subsequently conformed. Baltimore City, on the other hand, chose to retain...

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