Impala Platinum Limited v. Impala Sales Inc‪.‬

The Maryland Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act (the Act), codified as Maryland Code (1957, 1982 Repl. Vol.), Article 27, §§ 645A-J, consolidates "into one simple statute all the remedies, beyond those that are incident to the usual procedures of trial and review, which are at present available for challenging the validity of a sentence of imprisonment." See State v. DOnofrio, 221 Md. 20, 29, 155 A.2d 643 (1959). Section 645A(a)(1) of the Act authorizes the filing of a post conviction petition by an individual who claims that the sentence or judgement