189 Md. App. 140 - Markham v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 22 state decisions

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1. “(a) Trial date in circuit court. (1) The date for trial in the circuit court shall be set within 30 days after the earlier of the appearance of counsel or the first appearance of the defendant before the circuit court pursuant to Rule 4-213, and shall be not later than 180 days after the earlier of those events.... On motion of a party, or on the court’s initiative, and for good cause shown, the county administrative judge or that judge’s designee may grant a change of a circuit court trial date. If a circuit court trial date is changed, any subsequent changes of the trial date may be made only by the county administrative judge or that judge’s designee for good cause shown.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 192 Md. App. 192 - Collins v. State

2. “A public trial furnishes the public with the opportunity to observe the judicial process, and thus ensures that the judge and prosecutor carry out their duties responsibly. Indeed, [t]he knowledge that every criminal trial is subject to contemporaneous review in the forum of public opinion is an effective restraint on possible abuse of judicial power. It thus is a safeguard against any attempt to employ our courts as instruments of persecution. And, finally, it encourages witnesses to come forward and discourages perjury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 195 Md. App. 403 - Kelly v. State