POWELL v. STATE

No. 137, September Term, 1983.

56 Md. App. 351 (1983)

467 A.2d 1052

MELVIN DWAYNE POWELL v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Denied February 21 and April 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Braudes, Asst. Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

No brief or appearance for appellee.

Submitted before GILBERT, C.J., and ALPERT and BLOOM, JJ.


ALPERT, Judge.

Vernon Brooks was murdered on December 12, 1979. Two years and nearly nine months later, Melvin Dwayne Powell (appellant) was convicted of that murder in the second degree and was later sentenced, pursuant to Md. Code Ann. Art. 27, § 643B (1957, 1982 Repl.Vol.) to a period of incarceration of 30 years without parole.

After noting a timely appeal, appellant complains that:

I. He was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial...

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