GLOVER v. STATE

No. 67, Sept. Term, 2001.

792 A.2d 1160 (2002)

368 Md. 211

Robert Matthew GLOVER, v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Zoe Gillen White, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

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


BATTAGLIA, Judge.

We are required to determine whether the petitioner was denied his right to a speedy trial pursuant to the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article 21 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights. We hold that, given the circumstances of this case—namely, that the delays resulted from unavailability of judges and attempts to acquire complete DNA evidence, and the fact that the record...

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