Powell v. State

Lewin Powell III v. State of Maryland, No. 0721, Sept. Term 2022. Opinion by Arthur, J. UNIFORM POSTCONVICTION PROCEDURE ACT—EXTRAORDINARY CAUSE Under section 7-103(b) of the Criminal Procedure Article (“CP”) of the Maryland Code (2001, 2018 Repl. Vol.), a petition for post-conviction relief “may not be filed more than ten years after the sentence was imposed” “[u]nless extraordinary cause is shown[.]” Extraordinary cause is not defined by statute, but it has been interpreted by the Maryland appellate courts to mean cause beyond what is ordinary, usual, or commonplace or beyond what is…