Court of Appeals of Maryland· 8/23/2017

Newton v. State

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168 A.3d 1
455 Md. 341
2017 Md. LEXIS 603

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finding that prejudice is proven by showing that the outcome of the trial would have been different or that the error rendered the trial “fundamentally unfair”
noting that, in assessing the prejudice prong of an ineffective assistance claim, “we presume that the judge acted according to law”
finding that prejudice is proven by showing that the outcome of the trial would have been different or that the error rendered the trial “fundamentally unfair”
finding that prejudice is proven by showing that the outcome of the trial would have been different or that the error rendered the trial “fundamentally unfair”
discussing cases in which courts have refused to countenance strategies creating a “heads-I-win, tails-you-lose situation”
finding a waiver under section 7—106(b)(1) of a claim first raised in a post-conviction petition when the defendant failed to allege error at trial or on direct appeal

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Judges: Adkins, Getty

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