Maryland · Maryland Code — Criminal Procedure Article
Md. Code, Crim. Proc. § 8-401: The failure to seek an appeal in a criminal case may not be construed as a waiver of the right to file a petition for wr
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What this law says, in plain English
Failure to appeal a criminal case does not automatically waive a defendant's right to petition for a writ of error coram nobis (a post-conviction remedy).
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