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SMITH v. STATE

[No. 22, September Term, 1975.]

276 Md. 521 (1976)

350 A.2d 628

SMITH v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 7, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan L. Amaimo for appellant.

Arrie W. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and O'DONNELL, JJ.

DIGGES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. O'DONNELL, J., concurs in the result and filed a concurring opinion at page 535 infra.

The issue presented for our consideration is whether the petitioner in this case was denied his rights to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and by Article 21 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights. Because we conclude that these rights were violated, the petitioner...

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