BABBITT v. STATE

[No. 109, September Term, 1981.]

294 Md. 134 (1982)

448 A.2d 930

GERALD BABBITT AND ANDREW J. PANHOLZER v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. DePaul for appellants.

Stephen M. Schenning, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ., and J. DUDLEY DIGGES, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals (retired), specially assigned.


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

We shall herein address the issue of whether a judge has the authority to appoint a special assistant counsel for the State, at the State's request, to initiate a prosecution by filing a criminal information.

The facts, particularly the procedural aspects of the criminal proceedings involved, are recounted as follows. Gerald Babbitt, Andrew J. Panholzer, and the New Century...

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