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TREECE v. STATE

No. 174, September Term, 1987.

313 Md. 665 (1988)

547 A.2d 1054

JAMES WILLIAM TREECE v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Colvin, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, both on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Mary Ellen Barbera, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., both on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

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

ADKINS, Judge.

The first question presented in this case is whether a criminal defendant or the defendant's counsel is entitled to decide to defend on the basis of a plea of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity. The Circuit Court for Prince George's County and the Court of Special Appeals agreed that, despite the objections of the client, the decision was for defense counsel to make. Treece v. State, 72 Md.App. 644...

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