IN RE RICKY B.

No. 102, September Term, 1979.

43 Md. App. 645 (1979)

406 A.2d 690

IN RE: RICKY B.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on brief by Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, and George E. Burns, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

William H. Kenety, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for Prince George's County, and Arthur Kravetz, Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MOYLAN and WEANT, JJ.


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

THE PREFACE

Being practical is often a short answer to a long problem. Sometimes, however, the short answer results in unnecessary complications. This appeal involves an apparent pragmatic conclusion reached by a trial judge in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County which, while seemingly practical, is incorrect.1 We shall, for the reasons hereinafter stated, reverse...

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