McGHIE v. STATE

No. 78, Sept. Term, 2015.

144 A.3d 752 (2016)

449 Md. 494

Robert Anthony MCGHIE v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 24, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison Pierce Brasseaux , Asst. Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner

Robert Taylor, Jr. , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent

Argued before Barbera, C.J., Battaglia, Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts and Irma S. Raker (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


Maryland law affords persons convicted of certain crimes the chance to obtain a new trial based on "newly discovered evidence" that "creates a substantial or significant possibility" that the result of the trial would have been different. The vehicle for obtaining such relief is a Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence. See Md...

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