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Epps v. State

Citations

  • 345 A.2d 62
  • 276 Md. 96
  • 1975 Md. LEXIS 715

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • discussing the accused’s right to a speedy trial pursuant to federal and state constitutional law principles
  • referring to the State’s decision to try defendants together as a “tactical decision”
  • delay of one year and fourteen days was \sufficiently inordinate to constitute a `triggering mechanism' to engage in the `sensitive balancing process'\
  • delay of one year and fourteen days was “sufficiently inordinate to constitute a ‘triggering mechanism’ to engage in the ‘sensitive balancing process’ ”
  • A robbery case where a delay of one year and fourteen days was “sufficiently inordinate to constitute a ‘triggering mechanism.’ ”
  • delay of one year and fourteen days was \presumptively prejudicial\

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Judges: Murphy, Singley, Smith, Digges, Levine, Eldridge, O'Donnell

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