Court of Appeals of Maryland· 4/27/1992

Williams v. State

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605 A.2d 103
326 Md. 367
1992 Md. LEXIS 64

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holding that the appropriate remedy is to allow the defendant to now accept the plea offer
holding that the appropriate remedy is to allow the defendant to now accept the plea offer
holding that the appropriate relief was that which would “place [the defendant] in the same position he [or she] would have been in but for the incompetence of his [or her] counsel.”
failing to inform defendant that he would receive a mandatory sentence at trial fell below professional standards
failing to inform defendant that he would receive a mandatory sentence at trial fell below professional standards
remanding the matter for the petitioner to enter a guilty plea pursuant to the plea offer with instructions that the judge reinstate the original convictions and sentence if the petitioner declined to enter a guilty plea

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Judges: Murphy, Eldridge, Rodowsky, McAuliffe, Chasanow, Bell, Orth

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