State v. Fisher

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

We granted the State’s petition for a writ of certiorari in this criminal case to review the holding by the Court of Special Appeals that the postponement of the defendant Fisher’s trial, beyond the 180-day time period prescribed by Maryland Code (1957, 1996 RepLVol.), Art. 27, § 591, and *299Maryland Rule 4-271, was in violation of § 591 and Rule 4-271.1

James Quinn Fisher was charged, by an information filed in the Circuit Court for Washington County, with distribution of crack cocaine, possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, and possession of crack cocaine.…