Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 7, 1976No. [No. 22, September Term, 1975.]PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDigges, J.
O’Donnell, J., concurs in the result and filed a concurring opinion at page 535 infra.
The issue presented for our consideration is whether .the petitioner in this case was denied his rights to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and -by Article 21 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights. Because we conclude that these rights were violated, the petitioner’s conviction must be reversed and the indictment dismissed.
The petitioner, Ramarro Lee Smith, in a seven-count indictment returned by the grand jury in Montgomery County on…
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