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Court: State can re-indict, but incompetence for trial presumed permanent (access required)

Posted: 7:25 pm Tue, December 18, 2012
By Steve Lash
Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer

Maryland prosecutors can re-indict involuntarily committed defendants who remain incompetent to stand trial, despite a state law requiring charges be dismissed after five years of incompetency, Maryland’s top court ruled Tuesday.

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