Wiener v. State

Appellant, Theodore Scott Wiener (Wiener), was convicted at a court trial of first degree murder and first degree rape in a case removed from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. Consecutive life sentences were imposed. We issued the writ of certiorari prior to consideration of Wiener’s appeal by the Court of Special Appeals.

Wiener claims a violation of the constitutional right to effective representation of counsel because of the activities in the office of Wiener’s defense attorney, the District Public Defender for Anne Arundel County, of an…