CLARK v. STATE

No. 145, September Term, 1984.

306 Md. 483 (1986)

510 A.2d 243

STEVEN LAMONT CLARK v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Doyle Bernhardt, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Ann E. Singleton, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether a trial judge may forbid communication between counsel for co-defendants regarding matters of trial strategy.

The parties have agreed to the following facts. Appellant, Steven Lamont Clark, and his co-defendant, Jonathan Hemphill, were indicted by a Baltimore City Grand Jury for various narcotic-related offenses. Prior to trial, both defendants moved for severance, and the trial court denied...

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