State v. Henson

BELL, Judge.

We granted the State’s petition for certiorari to resolve whether, when the State, in good faith, dismisses charges pending against a defendant and later indicts that defendant for the same charges, the period between the defendant’s arrest on the initial charges and his indictment is included in the speedy trial calculus. The motions judge held that it is not. 1 On direct appeal, the Court of Special Appeals, in an unreported opinion, held to the contrary—that the time for speedy trial analysis in this case began to run from the date of the initial arrest. Consequently, it…