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SMALLWOOD v. STATE

No. 2627, September Term, 2012.

132 A.3d 342 (2016)

227 Md. App. 1

Dameron SMALLWOOD v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

February 24, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel Simmonsen ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for appellant.

Brenda Gruss ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for appellee.

Panel: MEREDITH, LEAHY, and ANDREW L. SONNER (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

In 2009, the Maryland General Assembly enacted a statute that permits a convicted person to file a petition for a "writ of actual innocence" based upon a claim of newly discovered evidence. Maryland Code (2001, 2008 Repl. Vol., 2009 Supp.), Criminal Procedure Article ("CP"), § 8-301. In 2011, the Court of Appeals of Maryland adopted...

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