Epps v. State

The sole question here presented upon our grant of a writ of certiorari to the Court of Special Appeals is the frequently argued question whether a defendant in a criminal case was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

The appellant, Larry Epps — together with two co-defendants, Morris Bea and Erskin Evans, was convicted by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore on August 23, 1973 — one year and 15 days after his arrest, of having robbed, with a dangerous or deadly weapon (a knife), one Wilbert McNeil and taking from him a radio-tape recorder valued at $59.95 plus $3.00 in…