SEWARD v. STATE

No. 12, Sept. Term, 2015.

130 A.3d 478 (2016)

446 Md. 171

George Cameron SEWARD v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Booth M. Ripke (Nathans & Biddle, LLP, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Mary Ann Ince , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Ropes & Gray LLP, Ariel A. Martinez , Esquire, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae brief of John Norman Huffington in support of Petitioner.

Shawn Armbrust, Esquire , Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project, Jonathan M. Cohen, Esquire , Gilbert LLP, Washington, DC, Michele Nethercott, Esquire , University of Baltimore Innocence Project Clinic, Baltimore, MD, Amici Curiae brief of the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project and the University of Baltimore Innocence Project Clinic in support of Petitioner George Cameron Seward.

Argued before: BARBERA, C.J., BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY (Retired, Specially Assigned), DALE R. CATHELL (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


Maryland Code (2001, 2008 Repl.Vol., 2015 Cum.Supp.), § 8-301 of the Criminal Procedure Article ("CP") allows a person convicted of a crime to file a petition for writ of actual innocence under certain circumstances and seek a new trial. In Douglas v. State, we held that an order denying such a petition is appealable because...

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