Court of Special Appeals of Maryland July 12, 1979, 1343, September Term, 1978. No. 1344, September Term, 1978 (Coard v. State)

Lowe, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The primary issue to be decided in these two cases arises from a consent decree in the United States District Court case of

Dorsey v. Solomon,

435 F. Supp. 725 (D. Md. 1977),

affirmed in part and remanded in part,

604 F.2d 271 (4th Cir. 1979).