McCARTER v. STATE

No. 5, Sept. Term, 2000.

770 A.2d 195 (2001)

363 Md. 705

Antwone Paris McCARTER v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. Weiss, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, and Martha Weisheit, Asst. Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

M. Jennifer Landis, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on brief) Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, and HARRELL, JJ.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

We issued a writ of certiorari in this criminal case to determine whether a defendant has a right to counsel at an initial appearance, under Maryland Rule 4-213(c), at which time the defendant purported to waive his right to a jury trial.

I.

Antwone Paris McCarter was charged in the District Court of Maryland, Wicomico County, with possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia in violation of Maryland Code (1957, 1996 Repl...

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