SIMMS v. SHEARIN

No. 1950, September Term, 2012.

109 A.3d 1215 (2015)

221 Md. App. 460

Joseph SIMMS v. Bobby SHEARIN, Warden.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

February 24, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine P. Rasin ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for appellant.

Robert Taylor, Jr. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for appellee.

Panel: MEREDITH, GRAEFF and LEAHY, JJ.


Approximately ten years after his 1998 conviction of two first-degree murders, Appellant Joseph Simms filed a pro se petition seeking additional DNA testing of clothing introduced at his trial pursuant to Maryland's post-conviction DNA testing statute — Maryland Code (2001, 2008 Repl. Vol.), Criminal Procedure Article ("CP...

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