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Kulbicki v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Dec 17, 2015
445 Md. 451 (Md. 2015)

Summary

recognizing that defense counsel's failure to object may have been "a strategic decision not to call further attention to what it considered a damaging piece of evidence"

Summary of this case from Poole v. State

Opinion

No. 13

12-17-2015

James KULBICKI v. STATE of Maryland.


ORDER

The Supreme Court of the United States having entered a per curiam order on October 5, 2015 reversing the judgment of this Court, in the above entitled case, and thereafter

This Court having considered the Petitioner's motion to remand or, in the alternative, for a stay or supplemental briefing and oral argument as to those questions not addressed previously by this Court, along with Respondent's reply, it is this 17th day of December, 2015

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, a majority of the Court concurring, that the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals be, and it is hereby, affirmed summarily for the reasons explained in its opinion, and it is further

ORDERED, that the motion to remand or, in the alternative, for a stay or supplemental briefing and oral argument be, and it is hereby, denied, without prejudice to Petitioner pursuing his announced intent to file a petition for writ of actual innocence.


Summaries of

Kulbicki v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Dec 17, 2015
445 Md. 451 (Md. 2015)

recognizing that defense counsel's failure to object may have been "a strategic decision not to call further attention to what it considered a damaging piece of evidence"

Summary of this case from Poole v. State
Case details for

Kulbicki v. State

Case Details

Full title:James KULBICKI v. STATE of Maryland.

Court:Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Date published: Dec 17, 2015

Citations

445 Md. 451 (Md. 2015)
128 A.3d 29

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