Legal Opinion
Coyle v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 21, 2025No. 21/24Published
1Opinion of the Court
Seamus Coyle v. State of Maryland, No. 21, September Term, 2024 RIGHT TO COUNSEL – EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL – MARYLAND PUBLIC DEFENDER ACT – PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI – PREJUDICE – Supreme Court of Maryland held that, based on plain language of Maryland Public Defender Act, Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. (2001, 2018 Repl. Vol.) §§ 16-101 to 16-403, where panel attorney is authorized by Office of Public Defender (“OPD”) pursuant to Act to represent indigent defendant in filing petition for writ of certiorari and attorney undertakes responsibility for filing petition, attorney must…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Roe v. Flores-OrtegaSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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