Legal Opinion
Whitney v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 9, 2004No. 158, Sept. Term, 2003PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHARER, Judge.
In this direct appeal we must determine whether reversal of appellant’s convictions is required because his right to the full complement of peremptory strikes was impaired as a result of the ineffective assistance of his trial counsel.
Appellant, Shawn M. Whitney, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession of cocaine, by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. 1 In his timely appeal, Whitney raises for our review two issues which, as reordered and recast, are:
1. Whether the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion for a new trial based upon…
2Cases cited64 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by15 opinions
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