Legal Opinion
Layer v. Lyles
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided October 1, 1984No. Civ. K-81-2849PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK A. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge.
Layer, seeking federal habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenges his conviction on April 30, 1980 in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, Maryland for robbery and use of a handgun. Judge Alfred T. Truitt, Jr., who presided during Layer’s jury trial, sentenced Layer to a ten-year sentence for the robbery charge and to a five-year concurrent sentence for the handgun violation. Originally, plaintiff stated two bases for relief in this case: (1) ineffective representation by his trial counsel and (2) denial of his Fifth and Sixth Amendment…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Tumey v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Jenkins v. SmithDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1999
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- Layer v. LylesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
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