44 Md. App. 1 - Wilson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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18 state decisions

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1. “"This delay — almost 3 months — resulted from appellant’s entry of pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity in both cases. The insanity defense necessitated a psychiatric evaluation which took 2 months to complete. This is not part of an ordinary trial and was initiated for appellant’s benefit. It can hardly be weighed against the State. Appellant’s reliance on State v.Hiken, 43 Md. App. 259 (1979), is misplaced. Although this Court held that appellants should not be penalized for delays caused by technical defenses, we did not hold that the State should bear the brunt. The month delay between filing of the report and the scheduling of a trial date is also reasonable. The system is not expected to respond to such defense oriented deferrals with immediacy, rather only expeditiously.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 46 Md. App. 116 - Langworthy v. State