Court of Appeals of Maryland· 8/22/1984

Potts v. State

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479 A.2d 1335
300 Md. 567
1984 Md. LEXIS 332

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“as a general rule, a new constitutional decision applies to all cases pending on direct appeal.”
“After-the-fact judicial scrutiny of the affidavit should not take the form of de novo review.”
“As a general rule, a change in law will be given effect while a case is on direct review.”
“where a decision has applied settled precedent to new and different factual situations, the decision always applies retroactively.” It is only “where a new rule ... constitutes ‘a clear break with the past’ ” that the question of prospective only application arises
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