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DORSEY v. STATE

No. 1883, September Term, 1982.

56 Md. App. 54 (1983)

466 A.2d 546

ROBERT JOSEPH DORSEY v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

October 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Malloy, Asst. Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender on the brief, for appellant.

Philip M. Andrews, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., William R. Hymes, State's Atty., for Howard County, and Martin J. McNamara, Asst. State's Atty., for Howard County on the brief, for appellee.

Submitted before BISHOP, ADKINS and ALPERT, JJ.

ADKINS, Judge.

Robert Joseph Dorsey's appeal from a conviction for constructive criminal contempt of court and a sentence of imprisonment for six months presents two issues:

1. Should the contempt proceedings have been dismissed because a signed show cause order was not served on him; and

2. Was his waiver of jury trial of the contempt case improper?

Facts

On June 24, 1982, a Howard County grand jury indicted Dorsey for forgery...

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