216 Md. App. 347 - Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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21 state decisions

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1. “(a) A person charged by indictment or criminal information with a crime triable in circuit court and convicted of that crime may, at any time, file a petition for writ of actual innocence in the circuit court for the county in which the conviction was imposed if the person claims that there is newly discovered evidence that: (1) creates a substantial or significant possibility that the result may have been different, as that standard has been judicially determined; and (2) could not have been discovered in time to move for a new trial under Maryland Rule 4-331. (b) A petition filed under this section shall: (1) be in writing; (2) state in detail the grounds on which the petition is based; (3) describe the newly discovered evidence; (4) contain or be accompanied by a request for hearing if a hearing is sought; and (5) distinguish the newly discovered evidence claimed in the petition from any claims made in prior petitions. (c) (1) A petitioner shall notify the State in writing of the filing of a petition under this section. (2) The State may file a response to the petition within 90 days after receipt of the notice required under this subsection or within the period of time that the court orders. (d) (1) Before a hearing is held on a petition filed under this section, the victim or victim’s representative shall be notified of the hearing as provided under § 11-104 or § 11-503 of this article. (2) A victim or victim’s representative has the right to attend a hearing on a petiti”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McGhie v. State · 220 Md. App. 1 - State v. Seward

2. “(1) on motion filed within one year after the later date of (A) the date the court imposed the sentence or (B) the date the court received a mandate issued by the final appellate court to consider a direct appeal from the judgment or a belated appeal permitted as post conviction relief; ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Hunt & Hardy

3. “[Decisions on the merits of requests for new trials based on newly discovered evidence, whether filed pursuant to Rule 4-331 or the C.P. § 8-301, are committed to the hearing court’s sound discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 221 Md. App. 45 - Sam Yonga v. State