Richmond D. Phillips v. State of Maryland
Court of Appeals, Getty, Jan. 20, 2017,
DNA- CJP 10-915– A DNA analysis conducted under standards originally set forth by a federal working group qualified for automatic admissibility under CJP 10-915, even where the working group didn’t exist anymore.
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WILLIAM TODD JAMISON v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Appeals, Battaglia, Nov. 15, 2016,
DNA Post-Conviction – A person who has pled guilty via an Alford plea cannot avail himself of post-conviction DNA testing under CP 8-201.
(Concur- McDonald, joined by Barbera – An Alford plea is not a guilty plea, but would affirm based on the trial court finding that the DNA results were not favorable)
TRENDON WASHINGTON v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Appeals, Adkins, Nov. 1, 2016,
DNA Post-Conviction – a person convicted of conspiracy to commit murder is not eligible to file a petition for postconviction DNA testing under CP 8-201(b).
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STEVEN BLAIR JACKSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Appeals, Battaglia, June 23, 2016,
Petition for DNA Testing – CP 8-201 allows for successive petitions without a res judicata bar.
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JOSEPH E. SIMMS v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Appeals, McDonald, Filed Nov. 23, 2015,
Post-Conviction DNA Testing Statute – CP 8-201 – Not clearly erroneous to deny petitioner opportunity to reopen “what happened to the socks” investigation
RICHMOND D. PHILLIPS v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Special Appeals, Friedman, Filed Oct. 27, 2015,
DNA – Where a DNA sample does not comply with statutory requirements to be automatically admissible, it reverts to the standard requirement of a Frye-Reed hearing