Whitney v. State

In this direct appeal we must determine whether reversal of appellant's convictions is required because his right to the full complement of peremptory strikes was impaired as a result of the ineffective assistance of his trial counsel. Appellant, Shawn M. Whitney, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession of cocaine, by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.1 In his timely appeal, Whitney raises for our review two issues which, as reordered and recast, are: