STATE v. BROWN

No. 1, Sept. Term, 1996.

672 A.2d 602 (1996)

341 Md. 609

STATE of Maryland v. Otis Alexander BROWN.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ann Ince, Assistant Attorney General, (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General), Baltimore, for Petitioner.

Michael R. Malloy, Assistant Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender), Baltimore, for Respondent.

Submitted to MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This case involves the requirement, set forth in Maryland Code (1957, 1992 Repl. Vol.), Art. 27, § 591, and Maryland Rule 4-271, that the trial of a circuit court criminal case ordinarily commence within 180 days.

A criminal information was filed on May 12, 1993, in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, charging Otis Alexander Brown with second degree rape, child abuse and related offenses. The charges were based on allegations that...

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