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HARRIS v. STATE

No. 148, Sept. Term 1995.

687 A.2d 970 (1997)

344 Md. 497

Stephen HARRIS v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender; Mark Colvin, Asst. Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioner.

Gwynn X. Kinsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, Paul Victor Jorgensen, Middletown, for Respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ.

BELL, Judge.

This case presents the issue of whether, after the Office of Public Defender ("OPD") has been permitted to withdraw as counsel, a trial court may order, consistent with Md. Code (1957, 1993 Repl.Vol.1995 Cum.Supp.) Article 27A, the OPD to serve as standby counsel for a defendant, who it has found has voluntarily and knowingly waived his right to representation and elected to proceed pro se. The Circuit Court for Frederick County so ordered and...

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