Ellis v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application by James O. Ellis for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner was convicted by the Criminal Court of Baltimore on November 6, 1951, of robbery with a deadly weapon and larceny of an automobile. He was sentenced to fifteen years in the peni*632tentiary on the former charge, and five years on the latter, to be served concurrently. This is his seventh application for a writ.

In essence the principal allegations of the petitioner are threefold: (a) he was not permitted to summon witnesses; (b) a jury trial is mandatory in felony cases; and (c)…