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LASTER v. STATE

No. 72, September Term, 1987.

313 Md. 548 (1988)

546 A.2d 472

MICHAEL EDWARD LASTER v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. DeLano, Jr., Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Ann E. Singleton, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ.

BLACKWELL, Judge.

The Interstate Agreement on Detainers ("IAD") provides two different time periods within which the receiving state must bring the prisoner to trial. If a prisoner initiates the proceedings under Article III, then the trial must commence within 180 days after the "prosecuting officer" and the "appropriate court" receive the prisoner's request. If a member state initiates the proceedings under Article IV, then the trial must commence within 120 days...

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