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COARD v. STATE

No. 1343, September Term, 1978. No. 1344, September Term, 1978.

43 Md. App. 146 (1979)

403 A.2d 826

RICARDO DAVID COARD v. STATE OF MARYLAND. NEIL WILLIE ENGLISH v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellants.

Valerie A. Leonhart, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Neil R. Myerberg, State's Attorney for St. Mary's County, and John E. Pleisse, Assistant State's Attorney for St. Mary's County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MOORE, LOWE and MACDANIEL, JJ.

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

The primary issue to be decided in these two cases arises from a consent decree in the United States District Court case of Dorsey v. Solomon, 435 F.Supp. 725 (D. Md. 1977), affirmed in part and remanded in part, 604 F.2d 271 (4th Cir.1979). Dorsey was a class action brought seeking a declaration of unconstitutionality of the Maryland...

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