Legislation

Title: Postconviction Relief - Ineffective Assistance by Counsel - Mandatory Referral to Attorney Grievance Commission
Sponsored by: Delegate Anderson
Status: In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Analysis

Synopsis

Requiring the court, when granting an order in favor of the petitioner in a certain postconviction motion on the grounds of ineffectiveness of counsel, to refer the attorney whose conduct was found ineffective to the Attorney Grievance Commission for proceedings in accordance with the Maryland Rules governing attorney discipline.

Committees

Original:: Rules and Executive Nominations

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1728 Session: 2018 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2019

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/20/2019 Legislative Date 2/20/2019 Action First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Postconviction Relief - Ineffective Assistance by Counsel - Mandatory Referral to Attorney Grievance Commission Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/20/2019	2/20/2019	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
			Text - First - Postconviction Relief - Ineffective Assistance by Counsel - Mandatory Referral to Attorney Grievance Commission

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