Harding v. State

Travis Harding, appellant, was charged with two counts of second-degree assault. On the date set for trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Harding entered an Alford plea to one count of second-degree assault. 1 He was sentenced to incarceration for a term of five years, with all but time served suspended. Within ten days after sentencing, Harding filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea and motion for new trial, both of which were summarily denied without a hearing. Thereafter, Harding filed an application for leave to appeal.

We granted leave to appeal, and transferred the case…