State v. Chaney

HARRELL, Judge.

I

On 19 April 1978, Richard Miles Chaney was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Calvert County of first degree murder. On the same day as the verdict was rendered, Chaney was sentenced by the trial judge to life imprisonment. On direct appeal, his conviction was affirmed by the Court of Special Appeals. Chaney v. State, 42 Md.App. 563, 402 A.2d 86, cert. denied, 286 Md. 745 (1979).

The present case arises from the Circuit Court’s 12 September 2000 denial of Chaney’s pro se “Motion for Appropriate Relief (To Grant Post-Conviction Relief, Habeas Corpus Relief, To Correct…