Gross v. State

RAKER, Judge.

Petitioner, Alvin Winslow Gross, filed a Petition for Post-conviction Relief in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. The Circuit Court granted him a new trial, based on Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), and its progeny on the grounds that he was denied effective assistance of trial and appellate counsel. The Court of Special Appeals reversed, reinstating the judgments of conviction. State v. Gross, 134 Md.App. 528, 760 A.2d 725 (2000). We granted the petition for writ of certiorari to consider whether petitioner was denied…