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TAYLOR v. STATE

No. 95, September Term, 2011.

51 A.3d 655 (2012)

428 Md. 386

Grayson Darnell TAYLOR v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied September 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geraldine K. Sweeney, Chief Attorney (Paul B. DeWolfe, Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioner.

Edward J. Kelley, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondent.

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

BARBERA, J.

In Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), the Supreme Court established the now well-known two-pronged test for determining whether a criminal defendant received the effective assistance of counsel that is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The test laid out in Strickland burdens the defendant with establishing both "that counsel's performance...

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