STATE v. BROOKINS, 376 Md. 697 (2003)

831 A.2d 453

STATE OF MARYLAND v. SHIRLEY R. BROOKINS, STEVEN P. MARTIN, AND RASHIDA S. HOGG

No. 19, September Term, 2003Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Filed September 4, 2003

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County pursuant to certiorari to the Court of Special Appeals, Richard H. Sothoron, Judge.

Thomas M. McDonough, Senior Assistant State Prosecutor (Stephen Montanarelli, State Prosecutor, of Towson, MD); Robert A. Zarnoch, Assistant Attorney General, (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Robert N. McDonald and Kathryn M. Rowe, Assistant Attorneys General, of Annapolis, MD) all on brief, for Appellant.

Larry Allen Nathans (Booth M. Ripke of Bennett Nathans, LLP, of Baltimore, MD) on brief, for Appellees

Amicus Curiae

Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, As Amici Curiae for Appellees

Deborah A. Jeon, Esquire, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland Fondation, Baltimore, MD.

Arthur B. Spitzer, Esquire, American Civil Liberties Union

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of National Capital Area, Washington, D.C. (Not admitted in Maryland)

Of Counsel:

David Rocah, Esquire, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland Fondation, Baltimore, MD (Not admitted in Maryland)

Argued before Bell, C.J.; Eldridge, Raker, Wilner, Cathell, Harrell, and Battaglia, JJ.

PER CURIAM ORDER

For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 4th day of September, 2003.

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the judgments of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County dismissing the indictments in the cases captioned State v. Shirley R. Brookins, Criminal No. CT 02-1722X, State v. Steven P. Martin, Criminal No. CT 03-0141A, and Statev. Rashida Safiya Hogg, Criminal No. CT 03-0141B be, and they are hereby, affirmed. Costs to be paid by Prince George’s County. Mandate to issue forthwith.

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