BROWN v. STATE

No. 537, Sept. Term, 1998.

721 A.2d 269 (1998)

124 Md. App. 245

James T. BROWN, Jr. v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

December 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Liu (William H. Murphy, Jr. & Assoc., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Ann N. Bosse, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., and Patricia Jessamy, State's Atty. for Baltimore City, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before SALMON, EYLER and KENNEY, JJ.


EYLER, Judge.

This appeal involves application of Rule 4-271 and Maryland Code (1957, 1996 Repl.Vol.), Art. 27, § 591, which require that the State bring all circuit court criminal cases to trial within 180 days of the earlier of the appearance of counsel or the first appearance of the defendant. Specifically, we are asked to consider whether there was inordinate delay between the pertinent postponement and the ultimate trial date necessitating dismissal of appellant...

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