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Hugh H. Baldwin, Jr. v. Maryland

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Maryland, No. 371, September Term, 2023 · judgment April 19, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Did the State commit a Bad Faith Due Process Violation resulting in outstanding legal consequences to the petitioner, to wit: Significant Collateral Consequences not previously recognized by the Court?

  2. Did the State's failure to provide discovery result in outstanding legal consequences to the petitioner, to wit: Significant Collateral Consequences not previously recognized by the Court?

  3. Was legal counsel to petitioner, Public Defender, Mr. Robert V. Jones and Appellate Counsel, Public Defenders, Mr. John JL. Kopolow, and Mr. Alan H. Murrell ineffective?

  4. Did the inability to obtain transcripts of all court hearings, deprive petitioner of the earliest opportunity to pursue post-conviction relief, (while incarcerated, on parole, or on probation) thereby resulting in outstanding legal consequences to the petitioner, to wit: Significant Collateral Consequences, not previously recognized by the Court?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Hugh H. Baldwin Jr.

For respondent
Jeremy Hugh Welter
Maryland Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 24 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Jul 17 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Maryland to respond filed.
  4. Jul 08 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 9, 2024)