SMILEY v. STATE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc A. DeSimone, Jr. , Asst. Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioner.

Cathleen C. Brockmeyer , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for appellee.

James L. Brochin, Esquire , Marques S. Tracy, Esquire , Laura E. Sedlak, Esquire , Marissa C.M. Doran, Esquire , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY, Michele Nethercott, Esquire , University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Barry C. Scheck, Esquire , Karen A. Newirth, Esquire , Innocence Project, Inc., New York, NY, Shawn Armbrust, Esquire , Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae brief of Innocence Project, Inc., Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project and Innocence Project Clinic of the University of Baltimore School of Law in support of neither party.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, WATTS, JJ.