Newton v. State

Donta Newton v. State of Maryland, No. 86, September Term, 2016, Opinion by Adkins, J. SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION — ARTICLE 21 OF THE MARYLAND DECLARATION OF RIGHTS — INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL: Petitioner claimed that his trial attorney’s failure to object to the presence of an alternate juror during jury deliberations constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. Petitioner failed to show that he was prejudiced by his trial attorney’s performance as required by Strickland v. Washington,

466 U.S. 668

(1984), because the trial court instructed the alternate not to…