YONGA v. STATE

No. 30, Sept. Term, 2015.

130 A.3d 486 (2016)

446 Md. 183

Sam YONGA v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Ferris (Krause & Ferris, Annapolis, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Carrie J. Williams , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Matthew W.S. Estes, Esquire , Donald P. Salzman, Esquire , Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Brief of the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project and the University of Baltimore Innocence Project Clinic.

ARGUED BEFORE: BARBERA, C.J., BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, GLENN T. HARRELL, JR., (Retired, Specially Assigned) and JOHN F. McAULIFFE, (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


According to the statement of facts presented by the State during the guilty plea proceeding involving Petitioner, Sam Yonga, it was late in 2006 when Yonga, then a 25 year-old immigrant from Sierra Leone, traveled from Prince George's County to an apartment in Baltimore County to meet with T.R.,1 a 13...

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