Legal Opinion
Levene v. Antone
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 4, 1984No. Misc. No. 4, September Term, 1984PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland has certified to us the following question:
Does a client represented by one or more attorneys employed by the Office of the Public Defender of the State of Maryland have a property right under the law of the State of Maryland to the transcript of his or her trial which is in the custody of the Maryland Public Defender?
The certification was pursuant to Maryland Code (1974) § 12-601 et seq., Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article. We shall answer the question in the negative. The order of certification specified that…
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