PAYNE v. STATE

No. 703 September Term, 1987.

73 Md. App. 749 (1988)

536 A.2d 158

FRANCIS STEWART PAYNE v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

January 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Courtland K. Townsend, Jr., Rockville, for appellant.

Ann N. Bosse, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Andrew L. Sonner, State's Atty. for Montgomery County and Barry A. Hamilton, Asst. State's Atty. for Montgomery County, Rockville, on the brief), for appellee.

Argued before MOYLAN, BLOOM and KARWACKI, JJ.


MOYLAN, Judge.

Like the Trojan Horse through the gates of Troy, the appellant, Francis Stewart Payne, would like to slip a speedy trial claim prematurely into the appellate citadel disguised as a double jeopardy claim. It shall not pass.

The appellant was initially charged in Montgomery County under a three-count criminal information accusing him of 1) conspiracy to murder, 2) solicitation to murder, and 3) a related handgun offense. When the case was called...

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