STATE v. ADAMS-BEY

No. 105, Sept. Term, 2015.

144 A.3d 1200 (2016)

449 Md. 690

STATE of Maryland v. James Leslie ADAMS-BEY, Jr.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 25, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathleen C. Brockmeyer , Assistant Attorney General ( Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General of Maryland of Baltimore, MD) on brief for Respondent.

Jeffrey M. Ross , Assistant Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland of Baltimore, MD) on brief for Respondent.

Ralph S. Tyler , Maggie T. Grace , Melissa M. O'Toole-Loureiro , Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD, brief of Amici Curiae the Clinical Law Program and the Law and Social Work Services Program of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, and the Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative, Inc. in support of the Respondent.

Barbera, C.J., Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Lynne A. Battaglia (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


The Uniform Postconviction Procedure Act ("UPPA") gives the circuit court the discretion to reopen a postconviction proceeding if doing so is "in the interests of justice." Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. § 7-104 (2001, 2008 Repl. Vol.).1 We granted the State's petition for a writ of certiorari in this...

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