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STATE v. ARMSTRONG

Nos. 47, 105, September Term, 1980.

46 Md. App. 641 (1980)

421 A.2d 98

STATE OF MARYLAND v. JESSIE ALFRED ARMSTRONG. STATE OF MARYLAND v. ANTHONY LAMONT LESLIE.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Ford Loker, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Sandra A. O'Connor, State's Attorney for Baltimore County, Jeffrey Himmelstein, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore County, and Robert W. Lazzaro, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore County, on the brief, for appellants.

Michael Braudes, Assistant Public Defender, with whom were Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, and Thomas J. Saunders, Assistant Public Defender, on the brief, for appellee Armstrong. Richard M. Karceski for appellee Leslie.

The cause was argued before MELVIN, WILNER and COUCH, JJ.

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

Two wrongs may not make a right, but they can create some sticky issues on appeal, which are what we have here.

The first wrong was committed by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County; it acted precipitously in dismissing pending indictments against appellees when the Court of Appeals filed its first Opinion in State v. Hicks, 285 Md. 310 (1979). The State then compounded...

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