Alan Keith Francis v. State of Maryland and Dr. Harold M. Boslow

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• holding that geographic differences in law are constitutional if the differences “serve some state interest”
• rejecting equal protection challenge to different treatment of juvenile defendants in one county based on finding of legislative “experimental purpose,” and distinguishing Long v. Robinson, 316 F.Supp. 22 (D. Md. 1970), aff'd, 436 F.2d 1116 (4th Cir. 1971
• the special juvenile court jurisdiction created only for Baltimore City was a permissible legislative classification
• the special juvenile court jurisdiction created only for Baltimore City was a permissible legislative classification

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