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PARKS v. STATE

[No. 23, September Term, 1979.]

287 Md. 11 (1980)

410 A.2d 597

JOSEPH W. PARKS v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 31, 1980.

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 appellant.

F. Ford Loker, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH, COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ.

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

Once again we are presented with a set of circumstances where we must determine if the defendant's claim of double jeopardy prevents the State from trying him for the same offense a second time.

The facts are not in dispute. The defendant, Joseph W. Parks, while an inmate at the Maryland Correctional Camp Center, escaped, and a detainer based on an indictment charging escape was lodged against him. After being...

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