Lomax v. State

Marco Darrin Lomax v. State of Maryland, No. 1857, Sept. Term 2021. Opinion by Arthur, J. UNIFORM POSTCONVICTION PROCEDURE ACT—SUBPOENA FOR EVIDENCE IN A POSTCONVICTION PROCEEDING In a post-conviction proceeding, Maryland Rule 4-265(b)(1) allows either party, including the petitioner, to issue subpoenas “commanding a witness to appear to testify” at the post-conviction hearing and “designat[ing] the relevant documents, recordings, photographs, or other things, not privileged, that are to be produced by the witness.” In this case, the petitioner was convicted in part because of the testimony…