State v. Hunter

Appellee Hunter was indicted for storehousebreaking, larceny, and allied offenses on May 7, 1969. The case was scheduled for trial on July 17, 1969. Under circumstances hereinafter related, Judge Walter H. Moorman, sitting in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, dismissed the indictments for “lack of prosecution” and the State appealed.

As no stenographic record of the proceedings was made, we directed that Judge Moorman “certify the true circumstances and events under which the indictments were called to trial by him and dismissed for failure of prosecution.” 1 Pursuant to this directive, Judge…