Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2/13/2008

Jones v. State

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941 A.2d 1082
403 Md. 267
2008 Md. LEXIS 32

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noting that a postponement of a criminal trial was denied properly despite the defendant’s lack of legal counsel, where defendant had been advised repeatedly to seek counsel and offered postponements
trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying request by defendant on day of trial to withdraw his prior waiver of counsel and to postpone the trial
trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying request by defendant on day of trial to withdraw his prior waiver of counsel and to postpone the trial
This Court held that a circuit court judge— who was neither a county administrative judge nor that judge’s designee—“properly exercised [his] discretion ... to deny [the defendant] a postponement of his trial.”
“[A] discretionary ruling will generally not be deemed an abuse of discretion unless it is well removed from any center mark imagined by the reviewing court or is beyond the fringe of what the reviewing court deems minimally acceptable.” (Citation and internal quotation marks omitted)

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Judges: Bell, Raker, Harrell, Battaglia, Greene, Wilner, Cathell

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