Moore v. State

ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.

We granted certiorari to consider the propriety of the finding by the Circuit Court for Baltimore City that Jerry E. Moore, the petitioner, waived his right to counsel by inaction and whether a criminal trial may proceed in the absence of both the defendant and counsel. 329 Md. 601, 620 A.2d 940. We shall hold that the trial court erred in finding a waiver of counsel by inaction and, so, we shall reverse the petitioner’s conviction and remand the case for a new trial. Consequently, we do not reach the second, and more interesting, issue.

Having been charged with…