Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 14, 1976No. [No. 3, September Term, 1976.]PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDigges, J.
Murphy, C. J., and Smith, J., dissent and Murphy, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion in which Smith, J., concurs at page 18 infra.
The issue which we conclude to be dispositive of this criminal cause is whether the petitioner’s right to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution was denied. Because we determine that this right was violated, the conviction must be reversed and the indictment dismissed.
The petitioner, John Edward (Liddy) Jones, following his arrest on July 12, 1972, was charged in Baltimore County with violations of, and…
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