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March 7, 1989.
March 7, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jose Felipe Anderson, and George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defenders (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.
Susan Goering, Baltimore, Elizabeth Symonds and Arthur B. Spitzer, Washington, D.C., Nan Hunter, William Rubenstein and Judith Levin of New York City, amicus curiae for The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, The American Civil Liberties Union of the Nat. Capital Area, and the American Public Health Ass'n.
Mary Ellen Barbera, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief) Baltimore, for respondent.
Argued before ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS, BLACKWELL, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (retired) specially assigned.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr. (Ret.), Specially Assigned, Judge.
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