Jones v. State

Appellant, charged in two pending indictments with armed robbery, has appealed a denial by a trial judge of the Criminal Court of Baltimore to grant his motion to dismiss, which alleged he has been denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

The State has moved to dismiss the appeal, alleging that no final judgment has been entered in the trial court; hence the appeal is premature. Following the previous holding of this Court in Harris v. State, 194 Md. 288, the motion will be overruled.

Appellant bases his claim of a denial of a speedy trial on an agreed statement of facts, which, in…