Jody Lee Miles, whose execution-style murder of a musical theater director left him among the last men on Maryland’s now-abolished death row, has lost his bid to have his decades-old conviction overturned based on ineffective assistance of counsel.

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Jody Lee Miles has taken his challenge to his death sentence commutation to civil court. After the Court of Special Appeals declined to reconsider its decision that Miles’ challenge to his death sentence became moot when then-Gov. Martin O’Malley commuted ...

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Lawyers for Jody Lee Miles have asked the Court of Special Appeals to reconsider its decision that his death sentence appeal became moot when former Gov. Martin O'Malley commuted it to life in prison without the possibly of parole.

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However, Miles has another challenge pending. Filed In Queen Anne's County the same day as the executive order, he opposes the commutation and seeks to continue his appeals in hope of a life sentence with the possibility of parole.

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On January 20, 2015, the Governor formally commuted the sentences of Maryland’s four remaining death row inmates to LWOP. Accordingly, we hereby dismiss this appeal as moot.

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On the same day Gov. Martin O’Malley issued an executive order commuting Jody Lee Miles’ death sentence, Miles’ lawyers filed a motion opposing his new sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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