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STATE v. ADAMS

[No. 52, September Term, 1981.]

293 Md. 665 (1982)

447 A.2d 833

STATE OF MARYLAND v. WILLIAM L. ADAMS

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 19, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Anselmi, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

George L. Russell, Jr., for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.

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

This case involves a claim of prosecutorial vindictiveness allegedly resulting from the filing of additional criminal charges against the defendant after the original charging document had been dismissed on the defendant's motion.

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The pertinent facts are these. On September 24, 1979, William L. Adams was charged in the District Court of Maryland with having conspired with William Simpson at a designated...

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