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Langworthy v. State

Citations

  • 416 A.2d 1287
  • 46 Md. App. 116
  • 1980 Md. App. LEXIS 320

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that 33 month delay “is enough to trigger a speedy-trial analysis under the four factors set out in Barker v. Wingo”
  • stating defendant hospitalized for fourteen months after initial incompetency determination, and court held jury trial after hospital reported him to have regained competency
  • “This entire case rises or falls upon our consideration of the single factor of reason for the delay or fault.”
  • “[O]nce an accused has been determined to be incompetent, the deferral of his trial pending a return to competency does not offend any right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment.”
  • “[O]nce an accused has been determined to be incompetent, the deferral of his trial pending a return to competency does not offend any right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment.”

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Judges: Moylan, Melvin, Couch

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