State v. Ensor and Compton

We granted certiorari in this case “limited solely to the question whether the Assistant Attorney General appearing before the Grand Jury of Baltimore City which returned the indictments in this case was lawfully qualified as a Special Assistant State’s Attorney of Baltimore City and therefore authorized to appear before the Grand Jury . . ..” We conclude that he was, thus mandating a reversal of the decision of the Court of Special Appeals in State v. Ensor and Compton, 27 Md. App. 670, 342 A. 2d 1 (1975), which affirmed the determination of a trial judge (Grady, J.) in the Criminal Court of…