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YOUNG v. STATE

[No. 153, September Term, 1982.]

297 Md. 286 (1983)

465 A.2d 1149

CLARENCE LEO YOUNG v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided September 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Christopher, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Valerie V. Cloutier, 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, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.

MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court. DAVIDSON, J., dissents, and filed a dissenting opinion at page 298 infra.

The issue before us is whether all of the prosecutors in a county State's Attorney's office are disqualified from prosecuting a defendant in a criminal case where one of their number, prior to appointment as an Assistant State's Attorney, acted as counsel to the defendant.

Clarence Leo Young was indicted in the Circuit Court for...

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