Legal Opinion
State v. Lloyd
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 6, 1981No. 394, September Term, 1980PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.
The principal question we are asked to decide is whether appellee was denied effective assistance of counsel because his attorney refused to call alibi witnesses after being told by appellee that he had committed the crime charged.
Following an evidentiary hearing under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act, Md. Ann. Code, art. 27, § 645A et seq., the convictions of Orvel Winston Lloyd, appellee, for armed robbery and related counts were set aside, and appellee was awarded a new trial. The State’s application for leave to appeal from that determination was granted, and the case was…
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