State v. Price

This Court has been asked to decide whether Maryland Code (2002) § 6-103 of the Criminal Procedure Article and Maryland Rule 4-271 were violated when, robbery and assault charges, for which Wilbert Pelzie Price, the respondent, was under indictment, having been nolle prossed, 1 the State re-indicted the respondent for the same charges, but did not dispose of those charges within 180 days of the initial indictment. The statute 2 and the Rule, 3 together, require that a criminal defendant be brought to trial within 180 days after the earlier of either the appearance of defendant’s counsel or…