BROOKS v. STATE

No. 46, September Term, 1992.

329 Md. 98 (1993)

617 A.2d 1049

JOHN ROLAND BROOKS, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherrie B. Glasser, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Mary Ellen Barbera, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., and Annabell L. Lisic, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued Before MURPHY, C.J., RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, ROBERT M. BELL and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge of the Court of Appeals (Retired) Specially Assigned, JJ.


RODOWSKY, Judge.

This case involves the Intrastate Detainers Act, Maryland Code (1957, 1992 Repl.Vol.), Art. 27, § 616S (IDA). Detainees who desire to invoke the IDA must deliver to the "appropriate court" their requests for disposition of the untried charges. § 616S(b). The question presented here is which court is the "appropriate" one where the detainer is lodged based on a statement of charges issued by the District Court of Maryland, but the offense...

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