Legal Opinion
Creighton v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 26, 1991No. Post Conviction No. 89, September Term, 1990PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILNER, Chief Judge.
In 1963, applicant was convicted by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore (now the Circuit Court for Baltimore City) of first degree murder, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Twenty-six years later, on December 29, 1989, he filed a petition for relief under the Post Conviction Procedure Act seeking (1) a new trial by reason of certain errors alleged to have been committed at his trial and (2) a belated appeal by reason of the failure of his attorney to perfect an appeal from the judgment.
After an evidentiary hearing, Judge Thomas Ward issued an order…
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