Legal Opinion

Pitt v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided April 9, 2002No. 00199, Sept. Term, 2001PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLLANDER, Judge.

This case has its genesis in a guilty plea to a felony drug charge tendered by Jacqdont Cliftshaun Pitt, appellant, on January 20, 1992, in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. Eight and a half years later, on June 19, 2000, appellant filed a Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis (the “Petition”), claiming that his guilty plea was constitutionally defective because, for several reasons, it was not made knowingly and voluntarily. Further, appellant claims that, as a result of his “constitutionally invalid” plea, he suffered adverse collateral consequences. In…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
  4. Madison v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
  5. Metheny v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000

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3Cited by4 opinions

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