Legal Opinion
Stewart v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 12, 1990No. 102, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge,
Specially Assigned.
Judge Clifton T. Gordy, presiding in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, received a call from the Criminal Assignment Clerk that a court trial was being transferred to his court. The criminal cause transferred was State v. James C. Stewart in which Stewart was charged with a sexual offense in the third degree and related crimes. When the case was called for trial, the prosecutor said that it was his understanding that the trial would be by the court. Defense counsel observed, “Mr. Stewart prayed a jury trial before Judge [Elsbeth] Bothe sent…
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