Legal Opinion
Cason v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 13, 1986No. 925, September Term, 1985PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.
The seeds of this appeal were sown on December 13, 1984 when, after Robert J. Cason, appellant, having pled not guilty and elected to be tried by the court sitting without a jury, the trial judge granted, over the State’s objection, appellant’s request for a continuance.
The continuance was requested to permit the appellant to take a polygraph examination. The State’s objection had several bases: (1) the timing of the request, there having already been several postponements granted; (2) the State did not agree to be bound by the results of the examination; and (3) the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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