HARRY HUGHES, Governor 1283

ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER OR ROBBERY, as well as all
other charges against the child arising out of the same
incident, unless an order removing the proceeding to the
court has been filed [pursuant to § 594A of Article 27]
UNDER ARTICLE 27, § 594A.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 6, 1980.

CHAPTER 378

(House Bill 205)

AN ACT concerning

Criminal Law - Trial Date

FOR the purpose of altering the designated time within which
a trial date is to be set for beginning the trial of a
person accused of a criminal offense; and providing
that the trial shall not be postponed except for good
cause shown.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 591

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

591.

(a) Within two weeks after the arraignment of a person
accused of a criminal offense, or within two weeks after the
filing of an appearance of counsel or the appointment of
counsel for an accused in any criminal matter, whichever
shall occur first, a judge or other designated official of
the Circuit Court or the Criminal Court of Baltimore City in
which the matter is pending, shall set a date for the trial
of the case, which date shall be not later than [six months]
180 DAYS from the date of the arraignment of the person
accused or the appearance or the appointment of counsel for
the accused whichever occurs first. The date established
for the trial of the matter shall not be postponed except