MOOSAVI v. STATE

No. 54, Sept. Term, 1997.

703 A.2d 1302 (1998)

118 Md. App. 683

Mohammed MOOSAVI v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied January 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joy L. Phillips, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Emmet Davitt, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baltimore, and Scott L. Rolle, State's Atty. for Frederick County, Frederick, on the brief), for appellee.

Submitted before MOYLAN, DAVIS and SONNER, JJ.


MOYLAN, Judge.

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