Legal Opinion
Bowers v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 4, 1990No. 111, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ADKINS, Judge.
In this case we shall hold that Marselle Jerome Bowers was denied his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel during his 1982 trial for murder. We must, therefore, set aside his conviction.
I
We sketch the procedural background of the case. On 16 September Í981, Bowers was charged with murder. Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Charles County, he was convicted, on 17 September 1982, of premeditated first degree murder. On 23 September 1982, following a capital sentencing proceeding, the same jury sentenced Bowers to death. This Court affirmed the…
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