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DORSEY v. STATE

Nos. 112 & 113, Sept. Term, 1997.

739 A.2d 41 (1999)

356 Md. 324

Paul Alva DORSEY v. STATE of Maryland. Lawrence L. Craft v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Julia Doyle Bernhardt, Asst. Public Defenders (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Cathy A. Dryden, Angela M. Eaves, Asst. Attys. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, RAKER, WILNER and CATHELL, JJ.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

We granted petitions for writs of certiorari in these two cases primarily to decide whether, under Maryland law, a defendant in a circuit court constructive criminal contempt case has a right to a jury trial regardless of the sentence which is ultimately imposed by the court. Additional issues relating to the constructive criminal contempt prosecutions are also presented by the petitioners.

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