Phillips v. State

Bashunn Phillips v. State, No. 3245, September Term, 2018. Opinion by Kenney, J. CRIMINAL LAW – TIME OF TRIAL – DECISIONS SUBSEQUENT TO 1966 – CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS Under Article 21 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights, “in all criminal prosecutions, every man hath a right . . . to a speedy trial[.]” And we have held that “[t]he speedy trial right under the Maryland Constitution is coterminous with its Federal counterpart and any resolution of a claim under the Sixth Amendment will be dispositive of a parallel claim under Article 21.” Erbe v. State,

25 Md. App. 375, 380

(1975)…