COLBERT v. STATE

No. 695, September Term, 1972.

18 Md. App. 632 (1973)

308 A.2d 726

THOMAS AUGUSTINE COLBERT v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 15, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B.W. Messenger, with whom was G. Dent Lynch, Jr., on the brief, for appellant.

David B. Allen, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Gilbert Rosenthal, Assistant Attorney General, John C. Hancock, State's Attorney for Calvert County, and Robert Christopher Nalley, Assistant State's Attorney for Calvert County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before ORTH, C.J., and POWERS and DAVIDSON, JJ.


POWERS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The only question of substance involved in this appeal is whether the trial judge, Perry G. Bowen, Jr., followed the required procedure in determining that the appellant, Thomas Augustine Colbert, was competent to stand trial. As we see it, he did, and we shall affirm the judgments.

Appellant was indicted on 5 November 1971 in Charles County, and charged in five counts with committing, on 27 September 1971, the...

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