# Tharp v. State

> Court of Appeals of Maryland · December 7, 2000 · 362 Md. 77

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9710370

## Case

- **Full name:** Todd Alan THARP v. STATE of Maryland
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of Maryland
- **Decided:** December 7, 2000
- **Citations:** 362 Md. 77; 763 A.2d 151; 2000 Md. LEXIS 762
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Rodowsky
- **Judges:** Harrell, Rodowsky
- **Cited by:** 36 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the petitioner's trial attorney had the right, as a member of the public, to challenge a courtroom closure on the public's behalf
- holding that trial judges have no authority beyond what is permitted by Rule 4-261 to order depositions in criminal cases

## Opinion text

RODOWSKY, Judge,
concurring.
I join in the judgment of the Court substantially for the reasons set forth in Part IV of the Court’s opinion. Even if the trial court in Sellers’ case should not have excluded Petitioner’s counsel, the right infringed was that of Sellers or of Tharp’s attorney, personally. The exclusion, if wrongful, was not an error in Tharp’s trial.

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