State v. Frazier

I

Introduction

The majority here determines that the five defendants in the four criminal cases decided in this appeal did not demonstrate that there was either an “abuse of discretion or a lack of good cause as a matter of law” when their respective cases were postponed and rescheduled for trial on dates beyond the 180-day period prescribed by Maryland Code (1957, 1982 Repl.Vol., 1983 Cum.Supp.), Art. 27, § 591,1 and *465Maryland Rule 746.2 Consequently, the majority holds that the motions to dismiss in each of the four cases should have been denied. I do not agree. Accordingly, I respectfully…