Legal Opinion
Dorsey v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 14, 1983No. 1883, September Term, 1982PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ADKINS, Judge.
Robert Joseph Dorsey’s appeal from a conviction for constructive criminal contempt of court and a sentence of imprisonment for six months presents two issues:
1. Should the contempt proceedings have been dismissed because a signed show cause order was not served on him; and
2. Was his waiver of jury trial of the contempt case improper?
Facts
On June 24, 1982, a Howard County grand jury indicted Dorsey for forgery. Later, he was asked to give handwriting exemplars to the police. When he declined to do so, the Circuit Court for Howard County, on August 11, 1982, signed an order…
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