Legal Opinion

Bernard v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided November 21, 1946No. [No. 19. October Term, 1946.]PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHenderson, J.

The appeal in this case is from the refusal of Judge W. Conwell Smith, Chief Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, sitting in the Criminal Court, to grant an application for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition, filed in proper person and evidently prepared by the petitioner himself, alleged that in June, 1945, he was indicted in Anne Arundel County as a result of false testimony given to the Grand Jury; that subsequently he was tried and convicted, although no evidence or testimony was produced to prove that he violated any laws of the State; that the offenses with which he was…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Hawk v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Holiday v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Harlan v. McGourinSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  5. Hysler v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Rountree v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1947
  2. Piracci v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1955
  3. Loughran v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
  4. Copeland v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1947
  5. Bartram v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977

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