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THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 78, September Term, 2008.

985 A.2d 32 (2009)

411 Md. 664

James A. THOMPSON v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied January 12, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defender (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, and Suzanne Drouet, Asst. Public Defender, of Baltimore on brief), for petitioner.

Robert Taylor, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen., of Maryland, of Baltimore), on brief, for respondent.

Argued before: BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.

ADKINS, J.

In this case we are asked to apply revisions enacted in 2008 to Maryland Code (2001, 2006 Cum.Supp.), Section 8-201 of the Criminal Procedure Article (CP), granting expanded remedies to certain convicted persons based on DNA evidence. We must decide whether to apply the 2008 revisions to this case, even though it was decided by the postconviction court, and appealed to this Court, before the January 1, 2009 effective date of the new law. We shall hold that...

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