MORTON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellants, charged with disorderly conduct and related offenses, were being tried before a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County on February 26, 1975. After two police officers had testified at length for the State, the presiding judge recessed the trial for lunch. Upon reconvening court, the judge called respective counsel to the bench and announced for the record:
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