State v. Hiken

In compliance with Maryland Rule 746, 1 the trial of appellee, Stanley Hiken, under four indictments charging him with arson and related crimes, was scheduled for December 19, 1977 in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, 3 months and 12 days from the date of the indictments. The trial did not take place as scheduled, however, essentially because the State’s evidence — in the possession of the Baltimore Police Department Arson Squad — was subpoenaed approximately 2 weeks before the trial date by the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in connection with a grand jury…