Court Opinion

ID: 9731478
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 15:46:54.793482+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:18.477822
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ELDRIDGE, Judge,
dissenting:
In my view, the Maryland murder prosecution was precluded by common law double jeopardy principles and Article 5 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights. See my dissenting opinion in Evans v. State, 301 Md. 45, 58-61, 481 A.2d 1135, 1141-1143 (1984), cert. denied, 470 U.S. 1034, 105 S.Ct. 1411, 84 L.Ed.2d 795 (1985), with which I continue to adhere. See also Bailey v. State, 303 Md. 650, 664, 496 A.2d 665, 672 (1985) (Eldridge, J., dissenting).
Because I believe that the motion to dismiss should have been granted on double jeopardy grounds, I do not reach the defendant’s argument based on the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the federal constitution.