Legal Opinion
Ward v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 29, 2015No. 2171/12PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMeredith, J.
In October 1993, a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City convicted Gary Ward, appellant, of first degree murder and the use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. See State v. Ward, 350 Md. 372, 374-75, 712 A.2d 534 (1998). Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for first degree murder and a consecutive term of five years’ imprisonment for the handgun offense.
On January 4, 2012, appellant filed a petition for a writ of actual innocence pursuant to Maryland Code (2001, 2005 Repl. Vol., 2011 Supp.), Criminal Procedure Article (“CP”), § 8-301. Appellant asserted that…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- Reed v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- Commonwealth v. LeFaveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
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3Cited by8 opinions
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