State v. Daff

GILBERT, Chief Judge.

Troy Edward Daff was charged in the District Court of Maryland for Anne Arundel County with assault and battery upon two persons. Daff demanded a jury trial which resulted in the transfer of the two cases to the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. When the cases were called for trial, the State requested a postponement upon learning that the prosecuting witnesses had not been summonsed. Apparently annoyed by the State’s unpreparedness, the circuit court judge refused to grant the postponement. Sizing up the situation, at that point Daff opted to *18be tried by the court…