Legal Opinion
State v. Dowdell
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 7, 1983No. App. No. 62, September Term, 1983PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, C. J.
Joseph Dowdell, a/k/a Claude Dowdell, was convicted in November, 1979, in the then Criminal Court of Baltimore of rape in the first degree. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and the sentence was directed to be served consecutively to sentences previously imposed. The conviction, on appeal, was affirmed by this Court in an unreported per curiam opinion, Dowdell v. State, No. 1582, September Term, 1979, filed November 30, 1980. The Court of Appeals denied certiorari. 289 Md. 735 (1981).
In August, 1981, Dowdell filed a petition for post conviction relief. Among other allegations made by him…
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