Wallace v. State

Charles Edward Wallace v. State of Maryland, No. 46, September Term, 2020. Opinion by Hotten, J. CRIMINAL LAW – INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL. Ineffective assistance of counsel only warranted reversal of the conviction that was prejudiced by the deficient performance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 685,

104 S. Ct. 2052, 2063

(1984), and its progeny. CRIMINAL LAW – INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL – CUMULATIVE EFFECT THEORY. The cumulative effect theory discussed in Bowers v. State, 320 Md. 416,

578 A.2d 734

(1990), that numerous deficiencies of trial counsel can, in…