State v. Thornton
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Post Conviction. Sept. Term, 1987.
1Opinion of the Court
ALPERT, Judge.
This case presents the question of whether a conviction based upon a guilty plea may be attacked collaterally under Maryland’s Post Conviction Procedure Act because of the failure to place on the record a factual basis for the plea. We hold that it may.
I. Facts
Gregory Thornton pled guilty to an assault charge in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City on February 14, 1985 and was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. Mr. Thornton made no Application for Leave to Appeal this conviction. On October 29, 1986, however, he filed a Petition for Post Conviction Relief pursuant to article…
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